Students

Harry Morford
Elena Kim
Noelle Michel
Arjun Singh
Michael Castiglione
Murdo Chiknas
Nishita Kalepalli
Upendra Kar
Mark Snyder

Alumni

Heather Kobilnyk
Bioinformatics Engineer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Karina Latsko
PhD Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh
Glenn Mersky
Clinical Informatics Specialist at Thomas Jefferson University
Sneha Mittal
New York Genome Center
Shaun Parimoo
Frank Haotian Zhang
CPCB PhD student
Yaxuan Yang
ISB PhD Student
Abish Pius
Data Scientist at US Steel
Dillon Gavlock
Imaging Data & Computational Scientist, University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute
Kamaru-Deen Lawal
Software Engineer at Microsoft

Program Director

Mert Gur. PhD
Associate Professor, Director of Computational Biomedicine & Biotechnology (CoBB) Masters Program
gurmert@pitt.edu
Gur Lab

Co-Founding Directors

James R. Faeder, PhD
Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Educational Programs/Initiatives
412-648-8171
faeder@pitt.edu
Faeder Lab
Chakra Chennubhotla, PhD
Co-founder, President, COO at PredxBio
Ivet Bahar, PhD
Director of Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology at Stony Brook University
Joseph C. Ayoob, PhD
Associate Professor
412-648-8646
jayoob@pitt.edu
Ayoob Lab

Staff

Amanda Axelson
Program Coordinator

Faculty

Jeremy Berg
Interim Chair and Professor
(412) 624-1223
jberg@pitt.edu
Drug Discovery Institute
Carlos Camacho, PhD
Associate Professor
412-648-7776
ccamacho@pitt.edu
Camacho Lab
Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis, PhD
Assistant Professor
412-648-3335
anc201@pitt.edu
Carvunis Lab
Wei Chen, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-6241
wei.chen@chp.edu
Chen Lab
Yu-Chih Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
cheny25@upmc.edu
Chen Lab
Maria Chikina, PhD
Assistant Professor
412-648-3338
mchikina@pitt.edu
Chikina Lab
Lillian Chong, PhD
Associate Professor of Chemistry
412-624-6026
ltchong@pitt.edu
Chong Lab
Rob Coalson, PhD
Professor of Chemistry
412-624-8261
coalson@pitt.edu
Coalson Lab
Vaughn Cooper, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
412-624-1265
vaughn.cooper@pitt.edu
Cooper Lab
Jishnu Das, PhD
Assistant Professor of Immunology
412-648-4234
jishnu@pitt.edu
Lance Davidson, PhD
William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Bioengineering and Developmental Biology
412-383-5820
lad43@pitt.edu
Davidson Lab
Jacob Durrant, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
801-613-2277
durrantj@pitt.edu
Durrant Lab
G. Bard Ermentrout, PhD
Professor of Mathematics
412-624-8324
bard@pitt.edu
Ermentrout Lab
Eleanor Feingold, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
412-383-8599
feingold@pitt.edu
Feingold Lab
Madhavi Ganapathiraju, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Intelligent Systems, and Integrative Systems Biology
412-648-9331
madhavi@pitt.edu
Ganapathiraju Lab
Vanathi Gopalakrishnan, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics and Intelligent Systems Programs
412-624-3290
vanathi@pitt.edu
Gopalakrishnan Lab
Rachel Gottschalk, PhD
Assistant Professor of Immunology
412-383-0473
rachel.gottschalk@pitt.edu
Gottschalk Lab
Angela Gronenborn, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Structural Biology
412-648-9959
amg100@pitt.edu
Gronenborn Lab
Mert Gur. PhD
Associate Professor, Director of Computational Biomedicine & Biotechnology (CoBB) Masters Program
gurmert@pitt.edu
Gur Lab
Graham Hatfull, PhD
Professor of Biotechnology
412-624-6975
gfh@pitt.edu
Hatfull Lab
Milos Hauskrecht, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Science
412-624-8845
milos@cs.pitt.edu
Hauskrecht Lab
Heng Huang, PhD
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Informatics
(412) 624-4421
heng.huang@pitt.edu
Keisuke Ishihara, PhD
Assistant Professor
ishihara@pitt.edu
Xia Jiang, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
412-648-9310
xij6@pitt.edu
Jiang Lab
Kenneth Jordan, PhD
Professor of Chemistry
412-624-8690
jordan@pitt.edu
Jordan Lab
David R. Koes, PhD
Associate Professor
412-383-5745
dkoes@pitt.edu
Koes Lab
Dennis Kostka, PhD
Associate Professor of Developmental Biology
412-692-9905
kostka@pitt.edu
Kostka Lab
Alexandros Labrinidis, PhD
Professor and Chair of Computer Science
412-624-8843
labrinid@cs.pitt.edu
Labrindis Lab
Jeffrey Lawrence, PhD
Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences
412-624-4204
jlawrenc@pitt.edu
Lawrence Lab
Miler Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
412-624-9186
miler@pitt.edu
Lee Lab
Robin E.C. Lee, PhD
Associate Professor
412-648-8607
robinlee@pitt.edu
Lee Lab
Nate Lord, PhD
Assistant Professor
ndlord@pitt.edu
Lord Lab
Xinghua Lu, MD, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
412-624-3303
xinghua@pitt.edu
Lu Lab
Natasa Miskov-Zivanov, PhD
Assistant Profesor of Electrical and Chemical Engineering
412-624-0509
nmzivanov@pitt.edu
Miskov-Zivanov Lab
Hatice U. Osmanbeyoglu, M.S, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics
412-623-7789
osmanbeyogluhu@pitt.edu
Osmanbeyoglu Lab
Mark Rebeiz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
412-624-2261
rebeiz@pitt.edu
Rebeiz Lab
John Rosenberg, PhD
Professor of Structural Biology
412-624-8102
jmr@pitt.edu
Rosenberg Lab
Jonathan Rubin, PhD
Professor of Mathematics
412-624-6157
jonrubin@pitt.edu
Rubin Lab
Hanna Salman, PhD
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
412-624-9027
hsalman@pitt.edu
Salman Lab
Jason Shoemaker, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemical/Petroleum Engineering
412-624-3318
jason.shoemaker@pitt.edu
Shoemaker Lab
David Swigon, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
412-624-4689
swigon@pitt.edu
Swigon Lab
Pei Tang, PhD
Professor of Anesthiosology, Pharmacology, Chemical Biology
412-383-9798
tang@anes.upmc.edu
Tang Lab
D. Lansing Taylor, PhD
Distinguished Professor; Director of Drug Discovery Institute
412-648-3338
dltaylor@pitt.edu
Taylor Lab
Shikhar Uttam, PhD
Assistant Professor
412-383-7475
shf28@pitt.edu
Uttam Lab
Xiaosong Wang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology
412-623-1587
xiaosongw@pitt.edu
Wang Lab
Erik Wright, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics
412-383-4458
eswright@pitt.edu
Wright Lab
Shyam Visweswaran, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
412-648-7119
shv3@pitt.edu
Visweswaran Lab
Andreas Vogt, PhD
Associate Professor
412-383-5856
avogt@pitt.edu
Vogt Lab
Zongqi Xia, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Informatics
412-383-5377
zxia1@pitt.edu
Xia Lab
Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, PhD
Professor
412-383-5276
xix15@pitt.edu
Xie Lab
Jianhua Xing, PhD
Professor
412-383-5743
xing1@pitt.edu
Xing Lab
Yan Xu, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Physics & Astronomy, and Structural Biology
412-648-9922
xuy@anes.upmc.edu
Xu Lab
Da Yang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
412-383-5145
dyang@pitt.edu
Yang Lab
Bokai Zhu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism
412-383-0447
bzhu@pitt.edu
Pittsburgh Liver Research Center