Students

Ammal Abbasi

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Cemil Can Ali Marandi

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Maria Luisa Amaral

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2018-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Ethan Armand

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Gene regulation, epigenome, deep learning

B.S., Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego

2023 Daniel T. O’Connor Genetics Scholar
2021 Jacobs School of Engineering Powell Fellow

Jessica Au

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Mathematics and Scientific Computation- Biology emphasis, University of California, Davis, 2017
Minor, Bioinformatics and Quantitative Biology, University of California, Davis, 2017

Arjana Begzati

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Metabolomics

B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2019

Dante Bolzan

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2021-23 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Aaron Boussina

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

2021-24 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Lauryn Bruce

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

2020-23 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Yuwei Cao

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Nicholas Chan

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2023-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Eduardo Charvel

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Den Chen

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Daisy Chen

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021
B.S., Computational and Systems Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021

2021-23 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Apurva Chitre

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Michael Cuoco

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Genomics approaches to understanding retrotransposon activity in the human brain

B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Trinity College-Connecticut, 2017

2020-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Weixiu Dong

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2023-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Jenny Dong

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2022-23 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Xiaomi Du

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Biology, Caltech, 2016

2019-20 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Hyrum Eddington

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

2023-24 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Vicente Fajardo Rosas

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Keegan Flanagan

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Yi Fu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Stochastic Processes, Epigenetics

B.S., Mathematics (Applied), University of California, San Diego, 2016
B.S., Biology with specialization in Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, 2016

Lia Gale

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2022-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Lilian Gao

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Aidan Glina

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2021-22 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Karla P. Godinez-Macias

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Computer Science, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2016
M.S., Bioinformatics, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2019

Jean Gonzalez

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2023-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Wilfredo Gabriel Gonzalez Rivera

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Research Interests: Genetics, Genomics, Social Science in Genomics

B.S., Computer Science, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2022
B.S., Industrial Biotechnology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2022

STARS Graduate Advocate, 2023 - 2024
PATHS Graduate Advocate, 2023 - 2024
Travel Award Graduate Professional Student Association (GPSA), 2024
Travel Award Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), 2023
NextProfPathfinder Fellowship Scholar, 2023
Achievement Rewards for College Scientist (ARCS) Fellowship, 2023 - 2026
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship Scholar, 2022
Competitive Edge Fellowship Scholar, 2022

Cristian Gonzalez-Colin

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Caitlin Guccione

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Cancer microbiome & mathematical modeling

B.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Rhode Island
B.A., Computer Science, University of Rhode Island
M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Rhode Island

2020-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Carlos Guzman

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Gene regulation, enhancer biology, chromatin regulation

B.S., Biology, University of Texas-Pan American, 2013
M.S., Biology, University of Texas-Pan American, 2015

2017-19 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics
​Sloan Scholars Fellowship
Competitive EDGE Fellowship
2019 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

Daniel Halmos

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Bhavya Harjai

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Jennifer Havens

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Virus evolution and phylogenetics, molecular epidemiology

B.S., Mathematical and Computational Biology, Harvey Mudd College, 2018

Hsuan-lin Her

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: RNA-binding protein function

M.D., Taipei Medical University, 2019

J Yang Foundation Fellowship

Fatemeh Heydari

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Molly Huang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Ashley Hui

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Pratibha Jagannatha

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Transcriptomics

B.S. Biomolecular Engineering

2019-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

ARCS Scholar

Alex Jambor

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Physics, Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017

Jeff Jaureguy

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Predicting the effects of genetic variants on chromatin accessibility with a deep learning approach

B.S., Biology, California State University San Marcos, 2020

2020-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

2020-24 Sloans Fellowship

2021-23 STARs Fellow

2023-25 Human Genetics Scholar Award from the American Society of Human Genetics

2024-27 NIH F31 NRSA

Bojing Jia

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Spatial transcriptomics, computer vision

B.Sc., Quantitative Biology, McGill University, 2015

2024 Siebel Scholar Award

Brian Johnson

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

2021-24 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Adam Jussila

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Azhar Khandekar

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Biochemistry, University of Washington, 2016

National Cancer Institute's Cancer Research Training Award

Jonathan Kirkland

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2023-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Amit Klein

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Adam Klie

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Bioengineering: Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, 2017

2019-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Emily Kobayashi

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Bioinformatics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2019

2019-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Zane Koch

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Eric Kofman

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2019-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Jonathan Lam

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

2020-23 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

David Laub

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

2021-24 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Ko-Han Lee

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Cancer immunology

M.D., National Taiwan University, 2019

Adam Li

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Behrooz Mamandipoor

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Arya Massarat

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Fine-mapping, Reproducibility

B.S., Mathematical and Computational Biology, Harvey Mudd College, 2020

2020-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Daira Melendez

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.A., Double Major: Biology, Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2015
M.P.H, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington - Seattle, 2019

Sloan Scholar Fellowship

Douglas Meyer

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, UCLA, 2017

Alex Monell

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Immunology, spatial transcriptomics, AI

B.S., Bioengineering: Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, 2022

Hannah Mummey

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Biochemistry, Wellesley College, 2020

2020-21 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Jacklyn Newsome

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Jennifer Nguyen

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2019-22 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Samuel Nkrumah

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Biology, Fisk University, 2018

UC-HBCU Initiative Fellowship

Adam Officer

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2019-22 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Raimon Padrós I Valls

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Eunjae Park

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Lucas Patel

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Daniela Perry

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Statistics, Cornell University

2021-23 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Timothy Pham

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2020-21 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Anh Pham

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2021-22 Sigma Delta Epsilon Tau Chapter Fellowship

Avery Pong

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Spatial transcriptomics, cell-cell interaction inference, isoform-resolution differential expression

B.S., Biochemistry, University of Washington, 2019

2022-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Anna Qi

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2022-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Gege Qian

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Applied Math, University of California San Diego, 2019
M.S., Immunology, Harvard Medical School, 2021

Joaquin Reyna

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Bioengineering: Bioinformatics Bsc

2018-20 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Molly Sacks

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.A., Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 2022

Daniela Salgado Figueroa

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Ali Sapci

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Varshini Sathish

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Timothy Sears

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Cancer immunotherapy response prediction

B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Santa Barbara, 2020

2021-22 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Sam Shen

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.ASc., Biomedical Engineering (Bioinformatics Track), University of British Columbia, 2021

Severine Soltani

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Cognitive Science w/ Specialization in Machine Learning and Neural Computation, University of California, San Diego, 2020
Minor, Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, 2020

2021-23 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Kimberly Spaulding

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2021-22 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Anjali Srinivasan

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2023-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

James Talwar

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Juan Tibocha Bonilla

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Felipe Vasquez Castro

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Metabolomics, bile acids

B.S., Chemistry, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2020

Daniella Vo

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, 2020

2021-22 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Yotam Voskoboynik

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S, Computer Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz

Zach Wallace

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Applied Mathematics, Tufts University, 2018
M.A.S. Data Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2023

Peter Wang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Xingzhao Wen

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: RNA interactome, Genome organization

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University, China, 2018

Sherlyn Weng

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Alexander Wenzel

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Research Interests: Bulk and single cell RNA-seq algorithms development and analysis

B.S., Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2017

Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

2017-20 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Cancer Cell Map Initiative: Cancer Systems Biology Training Program Award

Sarah Wright

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Network genetics

M.Eng. Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
B.S. Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017

Tianyao Xu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Bioengineering: Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, 2021
B.S., Mathematics (Applied), University of California, San Diego, 2021

Banghua Xu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Ziqi Xu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Heng Xu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Kuan-Hung Yeh

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Grace Yu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

B.S., Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 2021

2022-25 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Haoran Zhang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology