Tineke Asma-Schollaardt (B.Sc. Cellular and Microbial Biology, University of Calgary; Registered Technologist, SAIT, Canada)
Research Technician (2020 Aug -)
Research: Genomics and functions of RNA viruses
Janina Bazhan (M.Sc. Mathematics, Univerisity of Calgary, Canada)
Visiting Research Associate (2023 Apr - )
Research: Nonlinear optimization methods, Assessment of predictive models, Operations research, Biostatistics
Li Shu (Ph.D. Neurology – Central South University, China)
Postdoctoral Associate (2024 Feb - )
Awards:
CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024 - 2025)
Research: Brain disorders, Machine learning, Predictive models
David Enoma (M.Sc. Biochemistry, Covenant University, Nigeria)
Ph.D. Student (Bioinformatics; 2022 Sep - )
Awards:
ACHRI Graduate Scholarship (2025 - 2027)
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (2024 - 2025)
UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform Researcher Credits (2024 - )
Mathison Grad Recruitment Scholarship in Mental Health (2023 - 2025)
Research: Representation Learning, Precision Medicine, Brain Disorders & Cancers
Ariel G. Kemogne K. (M.Sc. Machine Intelligence, African Masters of Machine Intelligence - AIMS, Ghana)
Ph.D. Student (Biostatistics; 2022 Sep - )
Awards:
GAT Excellence Award (2025)
Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship (2024 - 2026)
Indigenous and Black Momentum Scholarship in Science (2023-2024)
Research: Machine Learning, Representation Learning, Statistical Genetics
Caifeng Li (M.Sc. Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Beijing Forestry University, China)
PhD Student (Statistics; 2023 Sep - )
Awards:
Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship (2024 - 2027)
Cumming School of Medicine Graduate Scholarship (2024 - 2028)
Research: Statistical Genetics, Computational biology, Machine Learning
Sasha Chernenkoff (B.Sc. Chemistry - University of Pittsburgh, USA)
M.Sc. Student (Bioinformatics; 2023 Sep - )
Awards:
Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master's (2024- 2025)
Research: Variant Interpretation, Predictive Models, Machine Learning
Janith Weeraman (B.Sc. Bioinformatics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
M.Sc. Student (Bioinformatics; 2023 Sep - )
Awards:
Best Poster Award, BioNet Conference (2025)
Cumming School of Medicine Graduate Scholarship (2024 - 2026)
Research: Machine Learning, Explainable AI, Higher-order Relationship in Biological Systems
Karen Ardila Lopez (B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, University Autónoma de Manizales, Colombia)
M.Sc. Student (Biomedical Engineering; 2023 Sep - )
Awards:
Mitacs Globalink Graduate Fellowship Award (2023)
Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - International (2023)
Brain CREATE Graduate Award (2023-2025)
Research: Machine Learning, Neurogenetics, Brain Aging
Susana Escobedo
Administrative Assistant
Please see the list of previous members and their position upon graduation in the Alumni page.
Group picture in a new year celebration (Dec 2023). From left to right: Deshan, Caifeng, Sasha, David, Quan, Janina, Karen, Janith, Ariel
Group picture in a Zoom meeting (Aug 2021). From left to right: (C = collaborator)
Anne, Leah, Zeyi (C), Deshan, John (C), Jennifer
Hamid, Xiang, Chen, Tineke, Pathum, Drayden
Scott, Quan, Christian, Da
Group picture in our HPC server room (Oct 2019). From left to right: Todd, Chen, Michael, Quan, Matthew (collaborator), Raman, Leah, Pathum, Jennifer, Drayden, Anne, Deshan, and Zheng.
Group picture in Banff (Aug 2017). From left to right: Stefan (undergrad), Shannon (undergrad), Lauren, Michael, Chen, and Quan