Our Team
Principal Investigator
![Ruli Gao, PhD](../images/OD-042523-Ruli-Gao-2924-small.jpg)
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](../images/Yueying-He_head.jpg)
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](../images/new_Lina_in_lab.jpg)
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](../images/CK.jpg)
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](../images/Tim_head.jpeg)
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
![Eshan Mehra](../images/Eshan.jpeg)
Eshan Mehra
Undergrad student, Harvard University
Eshan is an undergrad student at Harvard University. He joined us through LCC summer research program.
![Eric Tong](../images/eric.jpg)
Eric Tong
Undergrad student, UT Austin
Eric is an undergrad student at UT Austin. He joined us through SQE summer intern program.
Research Staff
![Hsiao-Yun Lin, PhD](../images/Hsiao-Yun.jpg)
Hsiao-Yun Lin, PhD
Research Associate
Dr. Hsiao-Yun is a senior research associate with strong expertise in molecular genetics and sequencing technologies.
![Minhua Wang, PhD](../images/Minhua_Wang_copy.jpg)
Minhua Wang, PhD
Lab Manager
Alumni
![MD Amanullah, PhD](../images/Aman.jpg)
MD Amanullah, PhD
Bioinformatic Postdoc
![Rachel Kieser, PhD](../images/Rachel.jpg)
Rachel Kieser, PhD
Postdoc Fellow in Genomics