Alumni
Jiayi (Anne) Bian (M.Sc. Statistics, University of California, Davis, USA)
Ph.D. Student (Biostatistics; 2019 Sep - 2023 Nov)
Awards:
Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships for Data-Enabled Innovation (2020 - 2023)
Research: Statistical genetics, Machine learning, Brain disorders
Qing (Leah) Li (M.Eng. Biological Engineering, University of Technology of Compiègne, France)
Ph.D. Student (Bioinformatics; 2018 Sep - 2023 Sep; Family leaves: Mar 2019 – Jun 2019 and Apr 2021 – Aug 2021)
Awards:
BMB PhD Research Excellence Scholarship (2021)
Research: Statistical genetics, Multi-scale omics, Machine learning, Brain disorders, Cancers
Position after graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University
Jingni (Jennifer) He (M.D. Medicine, Central South University)
Ph.D. Student (Bioinformatics; 2018 Sep - 2023 Jun; Family leave: Sep 2021 – Dec 2021)
Awards:
BMB Gordon Dixon Award (2023)
BMB nominee for the University of Calgary J.B. Hyne Research Innovation Award (2023)
CSC Student Scholarship (2018-2022)
BMB Award for Excellence in Research (2021)
Research: Statistical genetics, Multi-scale omics, Machine learning, Brain disorders, Cancers
Position after graduation: (Postdoctoral) Research Officer, University of Melbourne
Hamid Hamidi (B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology)
M.Sc. Student (Mathematics; 2021 Jan - 2023 Apr)
Awards:
GAT Excellence Award (2021)
Research: Deep learning, Single-cell multi-scale omics
Position after graduation: Quantitative Researcher, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
Abhishek Kumar Shukla (Ph.D., Mathematics, University of British Columbia)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021 Jul - 2022 Dec)
Awards
Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021-2023)
Research: Mathematical properties of deep machine learning models
Position after working with us: Quantitative Analyst, Numerixs Quant, Vancouver.
Pathum Kossinna (B.Sc., Statistics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
M.Sc. Student (Bioinformatics; 2019 Sep - 2022 Sep)
Awards:
BMB MSc Research Excellence Scholarship (2021)
BMB Graduate Scholarship (2021)
Carol Braat Award (2022);
Research: Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistical Genetics
Position after graduation: Bioinformatics Analyst, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON
Drayden Kopp (B.Sc., Biology, Thompson Rivers University)
M.Sc. Student (Bioinformatics; 2019 Sep - 2021 Aug)
Awards:
BMB MSc Research Excellence Scholarship (2021)
Research: Computational genomics for brain development
Position after graduation: PharmD student, University of Alberta
Chen Cao (Ph.D., Computer Science, Jilin University)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2017 Feb - 2021 Jun)
Awards:
Cumming School of Medicine Postdoctoral Scholarship (2018-2019);
ACHRI Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018-2019)
BMB Postdoctoral Research Award (2021)
Research: Cancer genomics, Haplotype inference, Statistical genetics, Multi-omics data analysis.
Position after working with us: Professor, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Raman Koul (Ph.D., Molecular Biology, New Mexico State University)
Visiting Research Associate (2018 Jun - 2021 May)
Research: Applying machine learning models to cardiovascular diseases data
Position after visit: Lab Director / R&D Head, CardiAI Inc., Calgary, AB
Zilong (Todd) Zhang (M.Sc. Biomechanics, University of Technology of Compiègne)
Research Associate (Health Informatics; 2019 Feb - 2021 Jan)
Research: Natural Language Processing, Electronic Health Record, Deep Learning
Position after working in U Calgary: Microsoft (Nuance Communications), Montreal, QC
Zheng Zeng (B.Sc. Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University)
Visiting Ph.D. Student (2019 Sep - 2020 Aug)
Awards:
CSC Student Scholarship (2019-2020)
Research: Applying bioinformatics to human epithelial ovarian carcinoma
Position after visit: PhD student, Harbin Medical University
Bowei Ding (B.Sc., Statistics, Hainan University )
M.Sc. Student (Statistics; 2018 Sep - 2020 Aug)
Awards:
Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) (2021)
Eric Milner Graduate Scholarship (2021)
Henrietta Weyland Graduate Scholarship in Mathematics (2021)
Research: Power estimation of complicated statistical models in multi-scale omics analyese
Position after graduation: PhD student, University of Calgary
Michael (Minghao) Li (B.Sc., Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia)
M.Sc. Student (Bioinformatics; 2017 Sep - 2020 Mar)
Awards:
ACHRI Graduate Studentship (2018-2020),
BMB Graduate Scholarship (2019).
Research: Develop deep learning models to study within-host cell population epigenetics
Position after graduation: Biomedical Software Engineer, Sema4 (Mount Sinai Genomics Inc.), Stamford, Connecticut
Jason Lu (B.Sc., Mathematics & Statistics, University of Calgary)
M.Sc. Student (Statistics; 2017 Sep - 2019 Jul)
Awards:
Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship (2018-2019),
Research: High-dimensional feature selection for multi-scale 'omics data
Position after graduation: Biostatistician, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
Lauren Mak (B.Sc., Biochem. and Mol. Biol., University of British Columbia)
M.Sc. Student (Bioinformatics; 2016 Sep - 2019 Jun)
Awards:
ACHRI Graduate Studentship (2017-2019),
Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship (2018-2019),
Carol Braat Award (2018);
Research: Haplotype-based analysis of HIV within-host evolution and between-host transmission
Position after graduation: PhD student, Cornell University, New York, NY
