People

Group Members
Alon Keinan Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Computational Biology
Curriculum Vitae
Personal website
Alon Keinan studies how human genetic variation has arisen from evolutionary history. His research focuses on elucidating the history of modern human populations and on developing computational methods for searching for genes important in human biology. With a background in computer science and statistics, Keinan develops theoretical tools and applies them to genomic datasets, bridging theoretical population genetics and empirical studies.
Kaixiong Ye Postdoc | Biological Statistics and Computational Biology
Kaixiong is in general interested in Human Population Genomics and Functional Genomics. His research is trying to understand the role of functional genetic variants, especially regulatory variants, in both human evolution and health.
Alexandre Lussier Postdoc | Biological Statistics and Computational Biology
Alex joined the group in January 2018 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia. He is interested in Statistical and Population Genomics, as well as the integration of multi-omic datasets. His research currently focuses on the role of X-chromosome variation in human health and disease.
Jason Jung Undergraduate Research Support | Computer Science
Jason is interested in statistics, data science, and software development.
Lauren Lo Programmer | Computer Science
Lauren’s research interests include statistical and computational approaches to large-scale disease analysis, X chromosome association studies, and software development.
Rosa Ma Undergraduate Researcher | Biological Sciences
Rosa is interested in understanding the variations of pseudoautosomal region 1 (PAR1) in the human populations.
Verlandy Michel Undergraduate Research Support | Policy Analysis and Management
David is interested in computational methods for the analysis of population genetic data in the context of evolution and human health.
Alex Marburgh Undergraduate Research Support | Biomedical Engineering
Yishay Pinto Incoming Postdoc (July 2018) | Biological Statistics and Computational Biology
Madhav Mantri Rotation Graduate Student | Computational Biology
Previous Members
First Name | Last Name | Previous Position in Lab | Period | New Affiliation |
Leonardo |
Arbiza | Research Advisor | 2010-2017 |
R&D Scientist, Bioinformatics Twist Bioscience, San Francisco, CA |
Andrea |
Slavney |
Research Advisor, PhD comm. chair |
2013-2017 |
Bioinformatics Scientist Embark Veterinary |
Liang |
Zhang | Research Advisor | 2015-2016 |
Analyst Blackrock at NYC |
Yingjie |
Guo | Visiting Researcher | 2014-2016 |
Graduate School Harbin Institute of Technology |
Yedael | Waldman | Postdoc | 2014-2016 |
Computational Biologist NRGene |
Aviv |
Madar | Research Advisor | 2013-2016 |
Investigator II Novartis, Cambridge, MA |
Feng | Gao | Research Advisor | 2012-2016 |
Research Scientist Healthcare AI startup at Seattle, WA |
Zilu | Zhou | Undergraduate Researcher | 2014-2015 |
Graduate school University of Pennsylvania |
Arjun | Biddanda | Undergraduate Researcher | 2013-2015 |
Graduate school University of Chicago |
Aaron | Sams | Postdoc | 2013-2015 |
Postdoc with Philipp Messer Cornell University |
Diana | Chang | Graduate Student | 2010-2014 |
Associate Scientist Genentech |
Elodie |
Gazave | Postdoc | 2010-2013 |
Postdoc with Michael Gore Cornell University |
Ran | Blekhman | Postdoc | 2010-2013 |
Tenure-track assistant professor University of Minnesota |
Li | Ma | Postdoc | 2010-2013 |
Tenure-track assistant professor University of Maryland |
Elaine | Zhong | Undergraduate Researcher | 2011 |
Medical school Columbia University |
Srikanth | Gottipati | Programmer / Bioinformatics | 2009-2012 |
Postdoc with Andrew Clark Cornell University |