Students

Cemil Can Ali Marandi

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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

Leo Josue Arteaga Vazquez

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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

Dante Bolzan

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2021-23 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Christopher Brown

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Yuwei Cao

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Nicholas Chan

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2023-25 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Eduardo Charvel

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

Degnhui (Den) Chen

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Complex variants

B.S., Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, 2019

2025-2028 NIH NRSA F31 Individual Predoctoral Fellowship

Apurva Chitre

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Parker Côté

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Single Cell Multiomic Analysis of Aging Human Hematopoiesis

B.S. Biology w/ Specialization in Bioinformatics

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

2023-26 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

2025 National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowship

Vicente Fajardo Rosas

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Junxi Feng

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Computational and Systems Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2023
M.S., Computational Biology and Quantitative Genetics, Harvard University, 2025

Keegan Flanagan

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Lia Gale

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2022-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Lilian Gao

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Siddharth Gaywala

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Immunology, Single-Cell Sequencing, Machine Learning

B.S., Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, 2024

Aidan Glina

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2021-22 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Jean Gonzalez

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2023-25 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, SDoH in AI/ML Predictive Models

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

2025-27 ASHG Human Genetics Scholar

2025-26 Southwest ¡Lánzate!/Take Off! Higher Education Travel Award Scholarship

2024-27 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM-T15) Training Grant Fellowship

2024-25 Biomedical Informatics Trainee of the year

2024-25 ABRCMS Leadership Development Academy Scholar

2023-26 Achievement Rewards for College Scientist (ARCS) Fellowship Scholar

2023-26 PATHS Graduate Advocate

2023-25 STARS Graduate Advocate

2023-24 NextProfPathfinder Scholar and Mentor

2022-26 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship Scholar and Mentor

2022-26 Competitive Edge Fellowship Scholar and Mentor

Cristian Gonzalez-Colin

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Daniel Halmos

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.A., Computer Science, Columbia University, 2021

Bhavya Harjai

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Galen Heuer

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2025-26 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Fatemeh Heydari

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Biotechnology, University of Tehran
M.S., Biotechnology, University of Tehran

Sanofi Grant

Laura Hinojosa

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2024-26 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Molly Huang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Ashley Hui

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Michael Iter

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2024-26 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

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 Sloan Fellowship

2021-23 STARs Fellow

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

2024-27 NIH F31 NRSA

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

Ningxin Kang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Jonathan Kirkland

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2023-25 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Ramanarayanan Kizhuttil

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Amit Klein

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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

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

Soo Min Lee

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Zinnia Ma

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Machine Learning for Drug Design

M.S., Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 2024

2024-25 Jacobs School of Engineering Powell Fellow

Harrison Ma

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: single cell genomics, spatial transcriptomics, gene regulation

B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, UC San Diego, 2022
B.S. Cognitive Science w/ Spec in ML and Neural Comp, UC San Diego, 2022

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

Alexander Monell

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Spatial CRISPR KO screening in CD8 T cells

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

Deepti Murthy

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2024-26 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Daniel Musachio

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Computer Science, Stanford University, 2025

Johannes Ottensmeier

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Jonah Pacis

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.A., Computational Biology, Swarthmore College, 2025

2025-26 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Raimon Padrós I Valls

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Eunjae Park

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Jeremy Parker Yang

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

Madeleine Pittigher

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Computational Biology, Brown University, 2024

2024-26 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Avery Pong

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: RNA splicing; ligand-receptor interaction prediction; immunotherapy development

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

2022-24 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

ARCS Fellowship

Noa Popko

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Cancer immunogenetics

B.S., Computational and Systems Biology, UCLA, 2023

UCSD Genetics Training Program from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (T32 GM145427)

Dexter Pratt

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Karen Pu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Anna Qi

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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

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

Abid Rehman

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Samuel Reynolds

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

Research Interests: Barrett’s Esophagus, Cancer Risk Prediction, Mathematical Modeling, ML

B.A., Biology, Dartmouth, 2023

2024-27 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Molly Sacks

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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

Safa Saeed

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Bioengineering: Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, 2025

2025-26 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

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

Cale Seymour

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Sam Shen

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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

Jonah Silverman

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2025-26 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

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

Simone Spandau

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Kiki Spaulding

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2021-22 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Anjali Srinivasan

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Bioinformatics, UC San Diego, 2023

2023-25 Trainee on NIH Training Grant in Bioinformatics

Nathan Tran

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

B.S., Computational & Systems Biology, University of California Los Angeles, 2025

2025-28 Trainee on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant Fellowship Program

Felipe Vasquez Castro

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Cell signaling, post-translational modifications (PTMs), phosphorylation, protein mass spectrometry

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

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

Qiyang Wang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Rosan Wang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Peter Wang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Jade Wang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Infectious diseases

B.S., Nutrition and Dietetics, New York University, 2011
M.S., Bioinformatics, New York University, 2017

Jiaming Weng

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Somatic mosaicism and de novo mutations in pediatric brain diseases.

B.S., Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Toronto, 2024

Sherlyn Weng

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Samuel Wright

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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

Hanbei Xiong

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Ethan Xu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Shuhao Xu

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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

B.S., Biology and Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 2023

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

Zaid Yousif

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

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

Wenshu Zhang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: cancer genomics

B.S., Computational and Systems Biology, University of California Los Angeles, 2023

2024 Jacobs School of Engineering Powell Fellow

Haoran Zhang

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Research Interests: Mutational signatures, Somatic mutations, Cancer genetics

B.S., Biochemistry/Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, 2023
B.S., Biology with a specialization in Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, 2023

Haowen Zhou

Program: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

B.S., Biological Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2021

M.S., Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins University, 2023