Previous memebers
Vaishnavi Annabhemoju (UNL CSE MS student, 1/2023-7/2024)
BS, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (2019)
Nishanth Vangara (UNL CSE MS student, 5/2023-5/2024, received MS in CSE, received MS in CSE, now Software Developer at Thomson Reuters)
BT, Vellore Institute of Technology, India (2016)
Qihua Chen (UNL FDST)
Undergrad RA, 1/2024-3/2024
Ved Piyush (UNL Statistics PhD student, 2021-2023, received PhD in Statistics, now Senior Data Scientist @ IBM)
MS, University of Minnesota (2018)
Nousias Orestis (UNL postdoc, 2021-2023, now postdoc at Yale U)
Ph.D, University of Crete, Greece (2021)
Kevin Prososki (UNL Biochem)
Undergrad RA, 9/2022-5/2023
Xiaoxiao Liu (UNL FDST)
Undergrad RA, 8/2022-5/2023, now student at University of Copenhagen
Qiwei Ge (UNL CSE MS student, 2021-2023, received MS degree in CS, now software engineer in HSBC Bank Xi'an China)
BE, UNL CSE (2021)
Jinfang Zheng (UNL postdoc, 2019-2023, now Principal Investigator at ZheJiang Lab, Hangzhou, China)
Ph.D, Huanzhong University of Science and Technology (2019)
Bowen Yang (UNL FDST PhD student, 2017-2023, received PhD 2023, now Bioinformatics Scientist at Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
BS, Dalian University of Technology, China (2015); MS, Rutgers University (2017)
Xinyuan Zhang (UNL FDST)
Undergrad RA, 9/2022-12/2022
Tang Li (UNL RA, 2019-2022), now Bioinformatician at BGI-Shenzhen
BS, UNL FSDT (2019), MS UNL FSDT (2021)
Ria Feidaki (University of the Aegean visiting PhD student, 2/2021-8/2022)
Boyang Hu (UNL CSE PhD student, 5/23/2022-8/23/2022)
MS, University of Maryland (2013)
Yuxiao Lu (UNL FDST)
Undergrad RA, 3/2022-6/2022
Ran Ye (UNL Math)
Undergrad RA, 2/2022-3/2022
Tram Nguyen (UNL Math)
Undergrad RA, 5/2021-8/2021
Michael Israel (UNL CBIO PhD student, rotation, 2021 summer)
MS, UIUC (2019)
Yinchao He (UNL CSE)
CSE RA, 5/2020-7/2021, now grad student in UCSD
Pengxiang Zhang (UNL CSE)
CSE RA, 5/2020-7/2021, now grad student in Northwestern U
Liyuan Wu(UNL FDST, 2020 Fall)
FDST RA
Xiaoming Song (North China S&T U, 2019-2020)
Associate Prof
Catherine Ausland (NIU BIOS PhD student, 2017-2020, received PhD 2020, now Genomic Data Analyst of NIH Genomic Data Commons at U of Chicago)
BS, Elmhurst University (2014); MS, Northern Illinois University (2016)
Daniel Paterson (NIU Bioinfo MS student, 2018-, co-advised with Dr. Ana Calvo, received MS 2020)
BS, Southern Illinois University (2015)
Xin Cheng (JiangXi Agriculture U, 2019-2020)
Associate Prof
Bo Zheng (Beijing Institute of Technology visiting PhD student, 2019-2020, now postdoc at Tsinghua U)
Yiyi Cheng (UNL FDST)
Research Intern, 2019-2020, now PhD student at University of Glasgow
Lauren Orton (NIU BIOS PhD student, 2015-2020, coadvised with Dr. Duvall, received PhD in BIOS, now Professor at Sauk Valley Community College)
BS, Iowa State University (2009); MS, Northern Illinois University (2015)
Yifan Wu (UNL FDST undergrad 2020 Spring)
Research Intern
Fei Xing (UNL CBIO PhD student, 2019 Fall)
BS, Sichuan University, China (2016); MS, Shandong University (2019)
Sarah Entwistle (NIU Bioinfo MS student, 2017-2019, received MS in Bioinfo, now at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as Bioinformatics Scientist)
BS, Northern Illinois University (2017), also worked as undergrad RA 2016-2017 on NIH grant
Javi Gomez
CS undergraduate student RA 2018 Spring on NSF grant (now at Discover Bank)
Mohamad Majd Raslan
CS undergraduate student RA 2018 Spring on NIH grant -
Samuel Ogunbode
BIOS RA student on NSF grant Fall 2018
Natalie Yass
BIOS 370 student Spring 2018
Dikshyant Gautam (BIOS PhD student, 2018)
BS, Purbanchal University (2016)
Philippe Dovoedo(Statistics PhD student intern 2018)
MS, Heriot-Watt University, UK (2014)
Alisha Blake
BIOS RA student on NSF grant Summer 2017 - Summer 2018
Xueqiong Li (Bioinfo MS student, 2015-2018, received MS in Bioinfo, now MS student in CS NIU)
BS, Southeast University of China (2015)
Bandana Sharma Chapagain (Bioinfo MS student, 2016-2018, now PhD student at UT Arlington)
BS, Kathmandu University, Nepal (2014)
Tanner Yohe (received BS in CS 2018, now software engineer at Publicis.Sapient)
CS undergraduate student RA 2017 Summer -
Elisabeth Fitzek (part-time postdoc, 2014-2017, now Faculty at Bielefeld University)
Ph.D, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2012)
Harry Chieng
BIOS 370 student Spring 2018
Kyle Inthabandith
BIOS 370 student Summer 2017
Marcus Nguyen (CS Master student, 2015-2017), now researcher at Argonne National Laboratory
BS, Northern Illinois University (2014)
Yasong Yang (Statistics Ph.D. student, research volunteer Fall 2016)
Statistics MS, Northern Illinois University (2014)
Jingwan Li
CS student volunteer Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
Sydney Wieczorek
BIOS 370 student Spring 2016
Slafa Aslam
BIOS 370 student Spring 2016
Qasim Rajih (received MS in Spring 2016)
BS, Babylon University, Iraq (1995)
Amol Shah (received BS in BIOS and MS in CS 2018, now at Abbott Laboratories)
BIOS 370 student Spring & Fall 2015
Alex Ekstrom (received BS from computer science, now at software engineer Backstop Solutions at Chicago)
Research Assistant (CS) supported by Research & Artistry Award 2013
Xueqiong Li
visiting Research Fellow (2015) from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China
Jessica Morgan
BIOS 370 student Spring & Summer 2015
Rahil Taujale (received MS, now at UGA's Bioinfo PhD program)
BS, Kathmandu University (2012)
Marcus Nguyen
Research Assistant (CS) supported by Research & Artistry Award 2014
Rhiannon Balazic (received BS, now at Kent State U's College of Podiatric Medicine)
BIOS 499 (Directed Research University Honors) student Spring 2015
Ashley Purintun (received BS, now at NIU's Teacher Licensure Program)
BIOS 370 student Fall 2014&Spring 2015
Vamshi Polapally (CS)
Research assistant
Blake Fritz
Research Assistant (CS) supported by Research & Artistry Award 2014
Emrose Bachhal
BIOS 370 student Summer 2014
Huansheng Cao (postdoc, now Faculty at Duke-Kunshan)
Ph.D, Fordham University (2012)
Daniel Sorensen
BIOS 370 student Summer&Fall 2013 and then supported by the Undergraduate Research Assistantships Spring 2014
Michael Lewis
BIOS 370 student Summer 2014
Chenshuang Lu
Statistician intern (Statistics MS, now PhD student at Kansas State U Statistics)
Hao Shen
Statistician intern (Statistics MS, now PhD student at NIU Statistics)
Joel Dennison
Summer intern (BIOS)
Tony Pergrossi
Research Assistant (CS) supported by Research & Artistry Award 2013
Nathan McGinn
Research Assistant (CS), supported by the Undergraduate Research Assistantships Fall 2012 (now Software Developer at Graybar, Saint Louis, Missouri)
Manju Rupani
Data analyst
