Armita studied in Tehran and in Cologne and finished her PhD at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne. In 2012 she moved to Princeton University as a James S. McDonnell postdoctoral fellow in biophysics and also a lecturer in Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute. In 2017 she started her Max Planck Research Group (MPRG) at MPIDS (Göttingen). She is currently an associate professor of Physics with affiliations at the department of Applied Mathematics and Paul G. Allen school of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington (Seattle), and she is an affiliate investigator at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center (Seattle). CV
Mahan postdoctoral fellow, UW & Fred Hutch
Assya studied computer science at the Université de Montréal where she developed a machine learning model for gene expression data analysis and joined our group as an origami artist. Assya is interested in the impact of an individual's genetics on their immune repertoire.
graduate student, UW physics
Ella studied physics at Bucknell University, and joined our group as a volleyball player and visual artist. Ella is interested in describing protein shape space and investigating the sequence-structure-funciton relationship of proteins within the immune system.
Undergraduate student, UW CSE
Eric is studying computer science at UW and joined our group as a soccer player. Eric is interested in using machine learning to solve problems in molecular biology.
graduate student, UW CSE
Gian Marco studied computer science at Tufts University in Boston, and joined our group at UW as a scuba diver. Gian Marco is broadly interested in developing data efficient and principled deep learning models for biological discovery.
graduate student, UW Physics
Jerry studied physics at UC Irvine, where he developed computational and statistical methods used for experimental particle physics before joining the group, as a student cook and student pilot. Jerry is broadly interested in developing machine learning models and stochastic models for processes in immunology.
graduate student, UW Physics
Kevin studied physics at the University of Notre Dame where he studied two-dimensional topological materials, and joined our group as a guitarist. Kevin is broadly interested in using machine learning to study protein structure and function.
graduate student, UW Physics
Maya studied physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and joined our group as a rock climber. Maya is interested in self emerging smart behaviors and information transfer in natural biological networks.
graduate student, UW Physics
McKay studied physics at Georgia Tech and UW where he did condensed matter experiment. He joined the group as a puzzle enthusiast and is interested in modeling and optimizing human immune response, specifically T-cells.
graduate student, UW AMATH
Obinna studied mathematics and biophysics at Amherst College (Massachusetts) and joined our group at UW as a film critic. Obinna is interested in applications of stochastic processes and optimization to biology.
Undergraduate student, UW CSE
William is studying computer science and applied mathematics at UW and joined our group as a hiker. William is interested in applying machine learning to problems in biology.
graduate student, UW Physics
Zach studied physics at the University of Florida and joined our group at UW as a chef. Zach is working to construct and infer predictive models for evolution of immune B-cell receptors in response to evolving pathogens.
Alumni:
Michael Pun
UW physics grad. student (2018 - 2023) now: AI scientist at VantAI
UW physics grad. student (2018 - 2023) now: AI scientist at VantAI
Quinn Bellamy
undergrad. researcher at UW (2021-2023) now: Physics graduate student at ENS, Paris
undergrad. researcher at UW (2021-2023) now: Physics graduate student at ENS, Paris
Rhea Grover
NSF REU student at UW (2021-2023)
now: Physics undergrad at UC Berkeley
NSF REU student at UW (2021-2023)
now: Physics undergrad at UC Berkeley
Arman Angaji
graduate intern at UW (2022)
now: Physics PhD student at the University of Cologne
graduate intern at UW (2022)
now: Physics PhD student at the University of Cologne
Uchenna Nwaege
NSF REU summer student at UW (2022). now: Physics grad student at UMichigan
NSF REU summer student at UW (2022). now: Physics grad student at UMichigan
Utheri Wagura
NSF REU summer student at UW (2022). now: Physics undergrad at MIT
NSF REU summer student at UW (2022). now: Physics undergrad at MIT
Colin LaMont
postdoc at MPIDS (2018-2022)
now: postdoc at University of Oslo
postdoc at MPIDS (2018-2022)
now: postdoc at University of Oslo
Oskar Schnaack
PhD student at MPIDS (2018-2021)
now: Applied Scientist Generative AI @ AWS
PhD student at MPIDS (2018-2021)
now: Applied Scientist Generative AI @ AWS
Giulio Isacchini
PhD student at MPIDS (2018 - 2021)
now: postdoc at UC Berkeley
PhD student at MPIDS (2018 - 2021)
now: postdoc at UC Berkeley
Vincent Balerdi
PhD student at MPIDS and ESPCI (2018 - 2021) .
now: SupBiotech
PhD student at MPIDS and ESPCI (2018 - 2021) .
now: SupBiotech
Andrew Ivanov
undergrad. researcher at UW (2021)
now: Physics graduate student at Caltech
undergrad. researcher at UW (2021)
now: Physics graduate student at Caltech
Ceyhun Eksin
postdoc at MPIDS (2018).
now: Assistant Prof. at Texas A&M
postdoc at MPIDS (2018).
now: Assistant Prof. at Texas A&M
Other short-term researchers and visitors of the lab:
Eli Lilleskov, was a rotation graduate student at UW (2022)
Kjartan van Driel, was undergraduate researcher at UW (2020) || now PhD student at the Complexity Science Hub, Austria
Manny Munoz, was undergraduate intern at UW (2021) || CS undergraduate student at UW
Mari Torii-Karsch, was highschool intern at UW (2020-2021) || now Undergraduate student at UC Berkeley