Group members​

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Shaun Mahony, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
email: mahony@psu.edu
phone: (814) 865-3008
address: 404 South Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802
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Daniela James, Ph.D.
Research Project Manager
email: daniela.james@psu.edu
phone:
address: 411 South Frear Bldg, University Park, PA 16802
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Sonny Arora, Ph.D.
Computational Scientist
email:
 sza149@psu.edu
phone: (814) 867-6023
address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802
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Alexis Morrissey
Ph.D. student, Bioinformatics & Genomics program
email: anm5579@psu.edu
phone: (814) 867-6023
address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802
No photo availableAlan Brown
Ph.D. student, Bioinformatics & Genomics program
email: asb5975@psu.edu
phone: (814) 867-6023
address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802
No photo availableJianyu Yang
Ph.D. student, Bioinformatics & Genomics program
email: jmy5455@psu.edu
phone: (814) 867-6023
address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802
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Vandana Agarwala
Undergraduate Researcher [Fall 2020 – ]
(Statistics)
No photo availableRadha Patel
Undergraduate Researcher [Fall 2020 – ]
(Statistics)
No photo availableAnna Leon
Undergraduate Researcher [Fall 2020 – ] WISER program
(Computer Science)
No photo availableJeff Shi
Undergraduate Researcher [Fall 2021 – ]
(BMB)

Lab alumni

Former postdoctoral researchers and staff:

  • Kelly Cochran
    • Research Technologist: Summer 2018 – Summer 2019
    • Currently: Computer Science graduate student, Stanford University
  • Belinda Giardine
    • Programmer/Analyst (shared with Hardison Lab)
  • Guray Kuzu, Ph.D.
    • Postdoctoral Scholar: Spring 2017 – Fall 2019
    • Currently: Principal Scientist at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation

Former Ph.D. students:

  • Divyanshi Srivastava, Ph.D.
    • Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2016 – Summer 2021
    • Currently: Machine Learning Engineer at Calico
  • Naomi Yamada, Ph.D.
    • Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2015 – Spring 2020
    • Currently: Computational Biologist at GlaxoSmithKline
  • Lila Rieber, Ph.D.
    • Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2015 – Fall 2019
    • Currently: Computational Biologist at Element Genomics
  • Akshay Kakumanu, Ph.D.
    • Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2013 – Fall 2017
    • Currently: Senior Scientist, Computational Biology at Foundation Medicine

Former Masters students:

  • Natalie Zesati
    • Bioinformatics & Genomics M.S. graduate student: Fall 2019 – Fall 2020
    • Currently: Bioinformatics Engineer at Peptilogics
  • Rachel Cooper
    • IUG B.Sc. Computer Science & Bioinformatics & Genomics M.S. graduate student: Spring 2017 – Fall 2020
  • Siddarth Wekhande
    • Bioinformatics & Genomics M.S. graduate student: Fall 2018 – Fall 2019
    • Currently: Computational Biologist at the Broad Institute
  • Guanjue Xiang, Ph.D
    • M.Biotech student & Research Assistant: Fall 2014 – Summer 2015
    • After: Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. program, PSU

Former undergraduate lab members:

  • Zheng Zhang (undergraduate in Statistics & Data Science: Summer 2019 – Spring 2020)
  • Connor Heaton (undergraduate in Data Science: Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)
  • Yuanyuan Xu (undergraduate in Computer Science: Summer 2018 – Spring 2019)
  • Steven Spak (undergraduate in Computer Science: Spring 2018 – Spring 2019)
  • Shunran Zhang (undergraduate in BMB: Spring 2017 – Spring 2018)
  • Saimun Shahee (undergraduate in Computer Science: Spring 2017 – Fall 2017)
  • Kara Dally (undergraduate in Electrical Engineering: Spring 2016 – Spring 2018)
  • Tim Kunz (undergraduate in BMB: Summer 2014 – Spring 2017)
  • Christopher Roth (undergraduate in Computer Science / Mathematics: Fall 2013 – Fall 2015)
  • Nathan Oakes (undergraduate in Computer Engineering: Fall 2013 – Spring 2014)