Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, NTU. Previously I worked as a Research Scientist at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA.

My research goal is to develop novel computational methods (algorithms, models, software, databases, etc.) in order to help answer biomedical questions (such as the mechanisms of cancer) and to improve public health.

Open positions: I am looking for Ph.D. students, Postdoc Fellows and Research Assistants with interests in Life Sciences and skills in at least one of the following computational techniques:

• Algorithm design and analysis
• Programming (in Python, Java, C/C++, Perl, R or Matlab, etc.)
• Mathematical modeling and simulation
• Statistical data analysis and visualization
• Development of Databases, Web applications and GUI

If you are interested, please send your resume to me.

Education

B.Eng (Honors) Computer Science, 1996 - 2000, Zhejiang University, China
Ph.D. Computer Science, 2001 - 2006, University of California, Riverside, USA

Research Interests

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Genomics and Epigenomics
Systems Biology
Molecular Evolution, Comparative & Population Genomics
Algorithm Design, Scientific Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Main Collaborators

Tao Jiang (PhD advisor), Dept. Computer Science, UC-Riverside
Stefano Lonardi (PhD advisor), Dept. Computer Science, UC-Riverside
Teresa M. Przytycka (Postdoc advisor), NCBI, NLM, NIH
Timothy J. Close, Dept. Botany & Plant Sciences, UC-Riverside
Eugene Koonin, NCBI, NLM, NIH
Rafael Daniel Camerini-Otero, NIDDK, NIH
Jacek Capala, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Xin Chen, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, NTU

Last updated: 20 May 2012