Students are attracted to our program from all across the country and around the world to pursue research in quantitative and computational biosciences. View the profiles below to learn about a few of our current students and the work they are pursuing in our program.
Kelli Restivo
Mentor: Andreas Tolias, Ph.D. Undergraduate major: Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Biology
Undergraduate school: University of Houston
Research Interests: Computational neuroscience
Robert Fullem
Mentor: Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Ph.D. Undergraduate major: Bachelor of Science in Genetics and Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science Undergraduate school: Rutgers University
Research Interests: Computational approaches to analyze multi-omic datasets for a variety of biological domains
Rowland Pettit
Mentor: Christopher Amos, Ph.D., M.D. Undergraduate major: Bachelor of Science in Biophysics Undergraduate school: Duke University
Graduate School: Baylor College of Medicine- M.D./Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: translational research that could inform our understanding of disease mechanisms, risk, or management.
Selma Elsarrag
Mentor: Charles Lin, Ph.D. Undergraduate major: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics
Undergraduate school: Mary Baldwin College
Graduate School: Baylor College of Medicine- MD/PhD Program
Research Interests: Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms as they relate to complex inflammatory signals
Wen (Faye) Jiang
Mentor: Bing Zhang, Ph.D. Undergraduate major: Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology
Undergraduate school: Fudan University
Research Interests: Proteomics, Phospho-proteomics and Bioinformatics
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