Darin studied physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he studied fluid mechanics and turbulence, and joined our group as a linguist. Darin is interested in developing machine learning tools and applying statistical physics to understand immune system dynamics.

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.

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.

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.

Manali studied bioengineering at UC Berkeley and joined our group as a swimmer and dancer. Manali is interested in developing high-throughput and computational approaches to understand how cells integrate complex signals to control fate and function.

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.

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.