Junwen Wang is a Professor of Biomedical Informatics working on bioinformatics, computational genomics and precision medicine.

Varsani is a molecular virologist who works across ecosystems from plants to animals and from the tropics to polar regions.

Nsa Dada is a vector biologist and microbial ecologist interested in how mosquito-microbe interactions shape mosquito biology and evolutionary responses to changes in their habitats.

Much of the research in Dr. Garcia-Pichel’s lab involves microbial communities or key interactions between microbes, and Soumyadev will augment the lab’s capabilities in this area.