Group members​

	Shaun Mahony, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Associate Head for Research and Strategic Initiatives, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Eberly Distinguished Senior Scholar in Genomics email: mahony@psu.edu phone: (814) 865-3008 address: 404 South Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802
	Daniela James, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor email: daniela.james@psu.edu phone:(814) 867-1226 address: 411 South 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 GSK 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 EGR T32 Training Grant Participant 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 EGR T32 Training Grant Participant email: sfk5899@psu.edu phone: (814) 867-6023 address: 451 North Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802
	Caiden Cannon Lab Assistant & Undergraduate Researcher [Fall 2023 – ] (BMB)
	Bea Ricafort Undergraduate Researcher [Spring 2023 – ] WISER program (Computer Science)
	Aislynn Cross Undergraduate Researcher [Spring 2024 – ] WISER program (BMB)

Lab alumni

Former postdoctoral researchers and staff:

• Siddharth Ghule
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate: Spring 2023 – Summer 2024
• 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 Expert 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: Machine Learning Scientist at Calico Life Sciences
• Naomi Yamada, Ph.D.
  • Bioinformatics & Genomics Ph.D. graduate student: Spring 2015 – Spring 2020
  • Currently: Associate Director, Computational Biology 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:

• Jeffrey Shi (undergraduate in BMB: Spring 2022 – Spring 2024) – Schreyer Honors Thesis
• Ann Zezyus (undergraduate in Forensic Science: Spring 2023 – Spring 2024) – WISER program
• Ash Booth (undergraduate in BMB: Spring 2024)
• Totton Hollenbeak (undergraduate in Computer Science: Summer 2024)
• 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)