Group members
| Shaun Mahony, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology email: mahony@psu.edu phone: (814) 865-3008 address: 404 South Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802 |
| Daniela James, Ph.D. Research Project Manager email: daniela.james@psu.edu phone:(814) 867-1226 address: 411 South Frear Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 |
| Siddharth Sambhaji Ghule, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher email: spg5958@psu.edu phone:(814) 867-6023 address: 450 North Frear Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 |
| Alexis Morrissey Ph.D. student, Bioinformatics & Genomics program CBIOS T32 Training Grant Fellowship email: anm5579@psu.edu phone: (814) 867-6023 address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802 |
| Alan Brown Ph.D. student, Bioinformatics & Genomics program EGR T32 Training Grant Fellowship email: asb5975@psu.edu phone: (814) 867-6023 address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802 |
| Jianyu Yang Ph.D. student, Bioinformatics & Genomics program email: jmy5455@psu.edu phone: (814) 867-6023 address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802 |
| Sohini Mukherjee Ph.D. student, BMMB program email: sbm6343@psu.edu phone:(814) 867-1226 address: 411 South Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802 |
| Salaar Khan Ph.D. student, Bioinformatics & Genomics program email: sfk5899@psu.edu phone: (814) 867-6023 address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802 |
 | Jeff Shi Undergraduate Researcher [Fall 2021 – ] (BMB) |
| Ann Zezyus Undergraduate Researcher [Spring 2023 – ] WISER program (Forensic Science) |
Lab alumni
Former postdoctoral researchers and staff:
- Sonny Arora
- Computational Scientist: Summer 2019 – Summer 2022
- Kelly Cochran
- Research Technologist: Summer 2018 – Summer 2019
- Currently: Computer Science graduate student, Stanford University
- Belinda Giardine
- Programmer/Analyst (shared with Hardison Lab)
- Guray Kuzu, Ph.D.
- Postdoctoral Scholar: Spring 2017 – Fall 2019
- Currently: Senior Data Scientist at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Former Ph.D. students:
- Divyanshi Srivastava, Ph.D.
- Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2016 – Summer 2021
- Awards: Robert T. Simpson Graduate Student Award for Innovative Research (2020); Academic Computing Fellowship (2018)
- Currently: Computational Biologist at Calico Life Sciences
- Naomi Yamada, Ph.D.
- Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2015 – Spring 2020
- Currently: Computational Biologist at GlaxoSmithKline
- Lila Rieber, Ph.D.
- Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2015 – Fall 2019
- Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardee (2016); CBIOS T32 Training Grant Fellowship (2015)
- Currently: Senior Scientist at Element Genomics
- Akshay Kakumanu, Ph.D.
- Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2013 – Fall 2017
- Currently: Principal Scientist, Computational Biology at Foundation Medicine
Former Masters students:
- Vandana Agarwala
- IUG B.Sc. & M.S. Statistics: Fall 2020 – Fall 2022
- Currently: Senior Research Associate, Abiologics / Flagship Pioneering
- Natalie Zesati
- Bioinformatics & Genomics M.S. graduate student: Fall 2019 – Fall 2020
- Currently: Bioinformatics Engineer at Peptilogics
- Rachel Cooper
- IUG B.Sc. Computer Science and Bioinformatics & Genomics M.S. graduate student: Spring 2017 – Fall 2020
- Currently: Computational Biologist at Predictive Oncology
- Siddarth Wekhande
- Bioinformatics & Genomics M.S. graduate student: Fall 2018 – Fall 2019
- Currently: Sr. Assoc. Computational Biologist at the Broad Institute
- Guanjue Xiang, Ph.D
- M.Biotech student and Research Assistant: Fall 2014 – Summer 2015
- After: Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. program, PSU
- Currently: Data Scientist at CAMP4 Therapeutics
Former undergraduate lab members:
- Radha Patel (undergraduate in Statistics: Fall 2020 – Spring 2023) – Schreyer Honors Thesis
- Emily Barrett (undergraduate in Forensic Science: Spring 2022 – Fall 2022) – WISER program
- Devyn Hauser (lab assistant: Fall 2021 – Spring 2022)
- Anna Leon (undergraduate in Data Science & Mathematics: Fall 2020 – Spring 2022) – MURE program, Schreyer Honors Thesis
- Zheng Zhang (undergraduate in Statistics & Data Science: Summer 2019 – Spring 2020)
- Connor Heaton (undergraduate in Data Science: Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)
- Yuanyuan Xu (undergraduate in Computer Science: Summer 2018 – Spring 2019)
- Steven Spak (undergraduate in Computer Science: Spring 2018 – Spring 2019)
- Shunran Zhang (undergraduate in BMB: Spring 2017 – Spring 2018)
- Saimun Shahee (undergraduate in Computer Science: Spring 2017 – Fall 2017)
- Kara Dally (undergraduate in Electrical Engineering: Spring 2016 – Spring 2018) – WISER program
- Tim Kunz (undergraduate in BMB: Summer 2014 – Spring 2017) – Schreyer Honors Thesis, Fred Wedler Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Dissertation
- Christopher Roth (undergraduate in Computer Science / Mathematics: Fall 2013 – Fall 2015)
- Nathan Oakes (undergraduate in Computer Engineering: Fall 2013 – Spring 2014)