People

Current

Undergraduate students

Name Research topic Photo
Xingyi (Daniel) Chen Undergraduate student majoring in Applied Math and Statistics with a minor in computational medicine developing computational methods spatial omics data.

ScM students

Name Research topic Photo
Guan Gui ScM student in Biostatistics developing deep learning algorithms for spatial omics data.
Christine Hou ScM student in Biostatistics developing APIs and computational methods for spatial omics data.
Shu Luan ScM student in Biostatistics developing deep learning algorithms for spatial omics data. Jointly mentored with Brian Caffo.


PhD students

Name Research topic Photo
Alyssa Columbus PhD student in Biostatistics and Vivien Thomas Scholar at Johns Hopkins University defining elements and principles for characterizing and evaluating data analyses. Jointly mentored with Brian Caffo.
Cindy Fang PhD student in Biostatistics developing computational methods for single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data.
Sowmya Parthiban PhD student in Biostatistics developing computational methods and software for long-read RNA-sequencing.
Kinnary Shah PhD student in Biostatistics developing statistical inference tools for spatial transcriptomics data.
Jianing Yao PhD student in Biostatistics developing scalable clustering methods and software for spatial omics data.


Postdocs

Name Research topic Photo
Boyi Guo Postdoc working on developing scalable statistical learning models for high-dimensional data analysis with emphasis on –omics applications.
Jacqueline R. Thompson Postdoc leading spatially-resolved transcriptomic projects to understand mental health disorders.
Michael Totty Postdoc leading single-nucleus RNA-sequencing and spatially-resolved transcriptomic projects to understand human psychiatric disorders. NIH/NHMH F32 awardee.


Alumni

Postdoc Alumni

PhD Alumni

Masters Alumni

  • Weishan Li | 2024 | Next: PhD student, University of Colorado
  • Haowen Zhou | 2023 | Next: PhD student, UC San Diego
  • Jianing Yao | 2023 | Next: PhD student, Johns Hopkins
  • Yongbao Zhuang | 2022 | Next: PhD student, Karolinska Institute
  • Nathan Dyjack | 2021 | Next: Data Scientist, MemorialCare Health System

Rotation Alumni

  • Caleb Hallinan | 2024
  • Rafael dos Santos Peixoto | 2022
  • Chaichontat Sriworarat | 2022

Undergraduate Alumni

  • Yilin Chen | 2022
  • Cynthia Lo | 2022

Past Research Assistants

  • Michael Ontiveros
  • Kexin (Sheena) Wang
  • Ruoxi Liu
  • Alexandra Stephens
  • Hanchao (Ted) Zhang
  • Pei-Lun (Perry) Kuo

Former Friends of the Lab (FFOL)

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