Our Team
Principal Investigator

Ruli Gao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Center for Cancer Genomics, Lurie Cancer Center
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
312-503-3796
MS, Statistics, University of Florida
PhD, Genetics and Genomics, University of Florida
Co-Teaching: DGP485 - Data Science for Biomedical Researchers
Co-Teaching: DGP486 - Advanced Bioinformatics (Genome Informatics)
Postdoc Fellows

Yueying He, PhD
Bioinformatic Postdoc
Dr. Yueying He is a postdoc in bioinformatics, with a background in deep learning and mathematical algorithms.

Lina Lu, PhD
Bioinformatic Postdoc
Dr. Lina Lu is a postdoctoral fellow in bioinformatics, with a background in bioinformatics and computational biology.

Cheng-Kai Shiau, PhD
Bioinformatic Postdoc
Dr. Cheng-Kai Shiau is a postdoc in bioinformatics, with a background in bioinformatic tool development.
Graduate Students

Timothy Pan
PhD student, Driskill Graduate Program
Tim is interested in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, with B.S. in Biochemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Summer Students

Anh Nguyen
ResearchSTART summer intern
Anh is a summer student from Niles High.

Eshan Mehra
Undergrad student, Harvard University
Eshan is an undergrad student at Harvard University. He joined us through LCC summer research program.

Eric Tong
Undergrad student, UT Austin
Eric is an undergrad student at UT Austin. He joined us through SQE summer intern program.
Research Staff

Minhua Wang, PhD
Lab Manager