BCB Research Group

BCB Research Group Members

Affiliated Faculty

Graduate Students

Polina Shpilker (Computer Science)
Blessing Kolawole (Computer Science)
Mert Erden (Computer Science)
Di Zhou (Computer Science)
Kaiyi Wu (Mathematics: main PhD advisor: Xiaozhe Hu)
Liam Power (MD-PHD student (CMDB department, Tufts GSBS)
Gizem Cicekli (Computer Science)
Hao Zhu (Computer Science)
Faith Ocitti (Computer Science)
Weiwei Lou (Computer Science)
Megan Gelement (MS student in Computer Science)
Grigorii Sterin (MS student in Bioengineering program)
Yuanye Chi (MS student in Computer Science)
Zhiyi (Joyce) Zhao (MS student in Computer Science)

Undergraduates

Liam Strand
Charlotte Versavel

Where do our alumni go?

Faculty, research and industry positions

Monsurat Olaosebikan (Computer Science Ph.D. 2023), software engineer at Asana
Kapil Devkota (Computer Science Ph.D. 2023), postdoctoral fellow at Duke University
Matt Werenski (Computer Science MS, 2022), PhD student in ML at Tufts
Victor Arsenescu (Computer Science M.S., 2022) Software engineer at Raytheon Technologies
C. Michael Pietras (Computer Science Ph.D., 2020), biomedical data scientist at Paradigm4
Rebecca Newman (Computer Science M.S., 2019), software engineer at Verily Life Sciences
Jisoo Park (Computer Science Ph.D., 2017), postdoctoral fellow at UCSD
Jake Crawford (Computer Science M.S., 2017), Ph.D. student at University of Pennsylvania
Mengfei Cao (Computer Science Ph.D. 2016), staff scientist at Amazon Research
Noah Daniels (Computer Science Ph.D. 2013), associate professor at URI
Shilpa Kobren (Computer Science B.S., 2011), postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School
Max Leiserson (Computer Science B.S., 2007), assistant professor at UMD
Andrew Fox (Computer Science, Ph.D. 2010), bioinformatics associate investigator at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Sevin Turcan, (Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., 2010), research scientist at the National Center for Tumor Diseases in Heidelberg
Xintao Wei, (Computer Science, Ph.D. 2010), research associate at the University of Connecticut Medical School
Keith Noto (Bioinformatics Postdoc, 2012), manager of Computational Genomics at Ancestry.com
Alex Holman (Genetics, Ph.D. 2007), bioinformatics scientist at Foundation Medicine
Jackie Lane (Genetics Ph.D., 2011), research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital
Bruce Wollison, (Bioinformatics M.S., 2013), bioinformatics analyst at the Dana Farber Center for Cancer Genome Discovery
Anoop Kumar (Computer Science, PhD, 2010) senior computer scientist at the Information Science Institute, USC

Many of our undergraduate and MS alumni go on to top graduate schools, including Princeton, Brown, USC, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. We have also had graduates move on to industry positions at places like Amazon, Google, Goldman-Sachs, and Dreamworks.

	Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Research Group

BCB Home People Group Meeting Positions Open Software	BCB Research Group Members Affiliated Faculty Donna Slonim Lenore Cowen Anselm Blumer (emeritus) Graduate Students Polina Shpilker (Computer Science) Blessing Kolawole (Computer Science) Mert Erden (Computer Science) Di Zhou (Computer Science) Kaiyi Wu (Mathematics: main PhD advisor: Xiaozhe Hu) Liam Power (MD-PHD student (CMDB department, Tufts GSBS) Gizem Cicekli (Computer Science) Hao Zhu (Computer Science) Faith Ocitti (Computer Science) Weiwei Lou (Computer Science) Megan Gelement (MS student in Computer Science) Grigorii Sterin (MS student in Bioengineering program) Yuanye Chi (MS student in Computer Science) Zhiyi (Joyce) Zhao (MS student in Computer Science) Undergraduates Liam Strand Charlotte Versavel Where do our alumni go? Faculty, research and industry positions Monsurat Olaosebikan (Computer Science Ph.D. 2023), software engineer at Asana Kapil Devkota (Computer Science Ph.D. 2023), postdoctoral fellow at Duke University Matt Werenski (Computer Science MS, 2022), PhD student in ML at Tufts Victor Arsenescu (Computer Science M.S., 2022) Software engineer at Raytheon Technologies C. Michael Pietras (Computer Science Ph.D., 2020), biomedical data scientist at Paradigm4 Rebecca Newman (Computer Science M.S., 2019), software engineer at Verily Life Sciences Jisoo Park (Computer Science Ph.D., 2017), postdoctoral fellow at UCSD Jake Crawford (Computer Science M.S., 2017), Ph.D. student at University of Pennsylvania Mengfei Cao (Computer Science Ph.D. 2016), staff scientist at Amazon Research Noah Daniels (Computer Science Ph.D. 2013), associate professor at URI Shilpa Kobren (Computer Science B.S., 2011), postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School Max Leiserson (Computer Science B.S., 2007), assistant professor at UMD Andrew Fox (Computer Science, Ph.D. 2010), bioinformatics associate investigator at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Sevin Turcan, (Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., 2010), research scientist at the National Center for Tumor Diseases in Heidelberg Xintao Wei, (Computer Science, Ph.D. 2010), research associate at the University of Connecticut Medical School Keith Noto (Bioinformatics Postdoc, 2012), manager of Computational Genomics at Ancestry.com Alex Holman (Genetics, Ph.D. 2007), bioinformatics scientist at Foundation Medicine Jackie Lane (Genetics Ph.D., 2011), research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital Bruce Wollison, (Bioinformatics M.S., 2013), bioinformatics analyst at the Dana Farber Center for Cancer Genome Discovery Anoop Kumar (Computer Science, PhD, 2010) senior computer scientist at the Information Science Institute, USC Many of our undergraduate and MS alumni go on to top graduate schools, including Princeton, Brown, USC, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. We have also had graduates move on to industry positions at places like Amazon, Google, Goldman-Sachs, and Dreamworks.