Ethan Armand

First Name
Ethan
Last Name
Armand
Student Status
Graduate Student
Email
earmand@ucsd.edu
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Track(s)
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Advisor
Bing Ren
Co-Advisor
Zhuowen Tu
Completed Degrees

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

BISB Training Grant
No
Special Funding or Awards

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

Research Focus
Gene regulation, epigenome, deep learning

Sarah Wright

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First Name
Sarah
Last Name
Wright
Student Status
Alumni
Email
snwright@ucsd.edu
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Track(s)
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Advisor
Trey Ideker
Co-Advisor
Abraham Palmer
Completed Degrees

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

BISB Training Grant
No
Research Focus
Network genetics
Degree Conferred
Ph.D.
Year Graduated
Quarter Graduated
Fall
Thesis Title
Network-Based Integration and Interpretation of Genotype-Phenotype Associations

Jihoon Kim

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First Name
Jihoon
Last Name
Kim
Student Status
Alumni
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics
Track(s)
Biomedical Informatics
Advisor
Lucila Ohno-Machado
Co-Advisor
Tsung-Ting Kuo
BISB Training Grant
No
Degree Conferred
Ph.D.
Year Graduated
Quarter Graduated
Spring
Thesis Title
Data Standardization, Federated Learning, and Informed Consent Algorithms and Tools to Honor Patient Privacy and Preferences in Clinical Research

Daniella Vo

First Name
Daniella
Last Name
Vo
Student Status
Alumni
Email
dtv004@ucsd.edu
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Track(s)
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Advisor
Debashis Sahoo
Co-Advisor
Nathan E. Lewis
Completed Degrees

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

BISB Training Grant
No
Special Funding or Awards

2021-22 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Degree Conferred
Ph.D.
Year Graduated
Quarter Graduated
Fall
Thesis Title
Boolean Implication Approach to Understanding the Progression of Diseases

Yotam Voskoboynik

First Name
Yotam
Last Name
Voskoboynik
Student Status
Graduate Student
Email
yvoskoboynik@ucsd.edu
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Track(s)
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Completed Degrees

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

BISB Training Grant
No
Special Funding or Awards

2025-26 Merkin Graduate Fellowship

Yi Fu

First Name
Yi
Last Name
Fu
Student Status
Alumni
Email
yif064@ucsd.edu
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Track(s)
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Advisor
Ruth Williams
Co-Advisor
James Kadonaga
Completed Degrees

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

BISB Training Grant
No
Research Focus
Stochastic Processes, Epigenetics
Degree Conferred
Ph.D.
Year Graduated
Quarter Graduated
Spring
Thesis Title
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Stochastic Chemical Reaction Networks Motivated by Applications to Epigenetic Cell Memory

Jessica Au

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First Name
Jessica
Last Name
Au
Student Status
Graduate Student
Email
jeau@ucsd.edu
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Track(s)
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Completed Degrees

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

BISB Training Grant
No

Gege Qian

First Name
Gege
Last Name
Qian
Student Status
Graduate Student
Email
geqian@ucsd.edu
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Track(s)
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Completed Degrees

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

BISB Training Grant
No

Timothy Sears

First Name
Timothy
Last Name
Sears
Student Status
Alumni
Email
tsears@ucsd.edu
Major
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Track(s)
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Advisor
Hannah Carter
Co-Advisor
Maurizio Zanetti
Completed Degrees

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

BISB Training Grant
No
Special Funding or Awards

2021-22 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Research Focus
Cancer immunotherapy response prediction
Degree Conferred
Ph.D.
Year Graduated
Quarter Graduated
Fall
Thesis Title
Personalized Genomics for Predicting Disease Incidence and Treatment
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