Current Group Members
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
Deshan Perera (B.Sc. Biology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka)
Ph.D. Student (Bioinformatics; 2019 Sep - )
Awards:
BMB Gordon Dixon Award (2024)
Eyes High International Scholarship (2021 - 2024)
Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship (2021 - 2023)
Research: Within-host evolution, pathogen genomics
David Enoma (M.Sc. Biochemistry, Covenant University, Nigeria)
Ph.D. Student (Bioinformatics; 2022 Sep - )
Awards:
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:
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; To start in 2023 Sep)
Awards:
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:
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
Previous Members
Please see the list of previous members and their position upon graduation in the Alumni page.
Group pictures
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