People at CBCB

Faculty
	Mihai Pop, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Computer Science Interim Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Genome assembly, environmental sequencing	Office: 3120F Biomolecular Sciences Bldg. Phone: 301-405-7245 mpop [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Rita Colwell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Chairman, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc.	Office: 3103 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg rcolwell [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Héctor Corrada Bravo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor , Computer Science Statistical and computational methods for high-throughput genomics	Office: 3114F Biomolecular Sciences Bldg hcorrada [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Michael Cummings, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biology Molecular evolution, the relationship of genotype to phenotype, grid computing	Office: 3121 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-9903 mike [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Najib M. El-Sayed, Ph.D. Associate Professor, CBMG	Office: 3115 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg. Phone: 301-405-5960 Homepage
	Sridhar Hannenhalli, Ph.D. Associate Professor, CBMG Gene regulation, Molecular evolution	Office: 3104G Biomolecular Sciences Bldg. Phone: 301-405-8219 sridhar [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Carl Kingsford, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Computer Science Protein structure, protein networks, bacterial genome organization, influenza virus	Office: 3120B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7395 carlk [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Stephen M. Mount, Ph.D. Associate Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Splice site selection in eukaryotes; genetics of Drosophila and Arabidopsis	Office: 3117 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-6934 smount [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Steven L. Salzberg, Ph.D. Horvitz Professor of Computer Science [On leave of absence effective July 2011] Genome assembly, gene finding, genomics, next-generation sequence analysis	Office: BRB 459, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Phone: 410-614-6112 salzberg [at] jhu.edu Home Page
Affiliated Faculty
	Cristian I. Castillo-Davis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Molecular genetic basis of morphological evolution and the analysis of genomic data in a statistical and experimental framework.	Office: Biology-Psychology Bldg., Rm. 3220 Phone: (301) 405-2005 castill0 [at] umd.edu Homepage
	Avis Cohen, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biology	Office: Biology/Psychology Building Phone: 301.405.0069 Fax: 301.314.5683 avis [at] isrmail.isr.umd.edu Homepage
	Charles F. Delwiche Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Plant molecular systematics, systematics in the green algal class Charophyceae, evolution of plastids in dinoflagellates.	Office: 2108 Biosciences Research University of Maryland Bldg. #413 Phone:301-405-8286 delwiche [at] umd.edu Lab Page Homepage
	Nathan Edwards, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Georgetown University Proteomics, haplotype phasing, comparative genomics, sequence assembly, and PCR primer design	Office: Georgetown University Georgetown homepage nje5 [at] georgetown.edu Home page at CBCB
	Lise Getoor, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Computer Science Machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence.	Office: 3217 A.V. Williams Phone: 301-405-2691 getoor [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Tom Kocher, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biology	Office: 3104E Biomolecular Sciences Bldg. Phone: 301-405-6929 tdk [at] umd.edu Homepage
	Dianne P. O'Leary, Ph.D. Professor, Computer Science and UMIACS Numerical analysis, scientific computing, parallel numeric algorithms	Office: 3271 A.V. Williams Phone: 301-405-2678 oleary [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Louiqa Raschid, Ph.D. Professor, Smith School of Business, UMIACS, and Computer Science Wide area data delivery, data management for the life sciences, grid data management.	Phone: 301-405-6747 louiqa [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	James Reggia, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Computer Science and UMIACS; Joint appointment, Dept of Neurology, UM School of Medicine Biological computation, automated causal reasoning	Office: A.V. Williams Phone: 301-405-2686 reggia [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Ben Schneiderman, Ph.D. Professor, Computer Science, ISR, UMIACS; Founding Director HCIL Human-computer interaction, interface design.	Office: A.V. Williams Phone: 301-405-2680 ben [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Chau-Wen Tseng, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Computer Science and UMIACS High-performance computing for bioinformatics applications.	Office: 4135 A.V. Williams Phone: (301) 405-8010 tseng [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Amitabh Varshney, Ph.D. Professor, Computer Science and Director, UMIACS 3D Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization, molecular graphics, high-performance computing	Office: 4407 A.V. Williams Phone: (301)405-6761 varshney [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	James Yorke, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Physics Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology (IPST) Chaos theory, weather prediction, genome research, population dynamics of infectious disease.	Office: 4311 Computer & Space Science Bldg Phone: (301)405-4875 yorke2 [at] ipst.umd.edu Home page
Postdocs
	Radhouane Aniba, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3111 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone:301-405-1906 aniba [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Irina Astrovskaya, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3120E Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-9782 irina [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Joe Carl, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3104E Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-8218 jcarl [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Henry Lin, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3120E Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7269 henrylin [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Nitish Mishra, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3104E Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-8218 nitish [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Jia Zeng, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3111 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-1906 jiazeng [at] umiacs.umd.edu
Graduate Students
	Daniel Ayres Graduate student	Office: 3122 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7408 ayres [at] cs.umd.edu
	Wikum Dinalankara Graduate student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 wikum [at] cs.umd.edu
	Geet Duggal Graduate student	Office: 3120A Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7444 geetduggal [at] gmail.com
	Darya Filippova Graduate student	Office: 3120A Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7444 dfilippo [at] cs.umd.edu
	Mohammad Ghodsi Graduate student	Office: 3120G Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 ghodsi [at] cs.umd.edu
	Chris Hill Graduate student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 cmhill [at] umd.edu
	Joyce Hsiao Graduate student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 chsiao [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Rebecca Just Graduate student	Office: 3122 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7408 rsjust [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Daehwan Kim graduate student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 infphilo [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Ben Langmead graduate student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 langmead [at] umd.edu Home page
	Bo Liu Graduate Student	Office: 3120G Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7169 boliu [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home Page
	Justin Malin Graduate Student	Office: 3120A Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7444 jlmalin1020 [at] yahoo.com
	Guillaume Marçais Graduate Student (Applied Math)	Office: 4319 Computer & Space Science Bldg Phone: 301-405-4844 gus [at] math.umd.edu
	Kwame Okrah Graduate student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone:301-405-3234 kwameokrah [at] math.umd.edu
	Rob Patro Graduate student	Office: 3120A Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone:301-405-7444 rob.patro [at]gmail.com
	Joseph Paulson Graduate student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 jpaulson [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Emre Sefer Graduate student	Office: 3120A Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone:301-405-7444 esefer [at] cs.umd.edu
	Praveen Vaddadi Graduate Student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 praveen [at] cs.umd.edu
	Hao Wang Graduate Student	Office: 3120A Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7444 hwang825 [at] umd.edu
	Derrick Wood Graduate Student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 dwood [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
Administrative Staff
	Denise Cross Coordinator	Office: 3120D Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-5936 dcross [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Jennifer Newlin	Office: 3115 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-9905 jnewlin [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Norma Brinkley	Office: 3101 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-5142 nbrinkle [at] umiacs.umd.edu
Scientific Staff
	Adam Bazinet Faculty Research Assistant	Office: 3122 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7408 pknut777 [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Yevgeny Deviatov Web Developer	Office: 3122 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7408 ydeviato [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Derrick Hinkle Web Developer	Office: 3122 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7408 dhinkle9 [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Dan Sommer Bioinformatics Engineer	Office: 3120B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7384 dsommer [at] umiacs.umd.edu
Former Scientists and Students
	Jonathan Allen, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	LLNL email: allen99 [at] llnl.gov CBCB home page
	Sam Angiuoli, Ph.D. Bioinformatics Manager at Institute for Genome Sciences University of Maryland School of Medicine Graduate Student	Office: 3120A Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7444 angiuoli [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Kunmi Ayanbule Bioinformatics Engineer	Office: 3120E Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7269 ayanbule [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Arthur Brady, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3104D Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-8772 abrady [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home Page
	Arthur Delcher, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist Professor Emeritus, Loyola College in Maryland DNA sequence assembly, sequence comparison, statistical modeling of sequence data	Office: 3107 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-9468 adelcher [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Liliana Florea, Ph.D. Assistant Research Scientist Genome analysis and comparison; cDNA-to-genome alignment; Gene and alternative splicing annotation; Microbial comparative genomics; MiRNA genomics; Computational vaccine design.	Office: 3119 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg #296 Phone: (301) 405-9901 florea [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	David Kelley, Ph.D. graduate student	3120g Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 dakelley [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Sergey Koren, Ph.D. Scientist, Bioinformatics National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center Battelle National Biodefense Institute	sergek [at] umd.edu Home page
	Grecia Lapizco-Encinas, Ph.D. Graduate Student (Computer Science)	Office: 3120A Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7444 Email: glapizco [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Woei-Jyh (Adam) Lee, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow National Center for Biotechnology Information National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health	Office: Bldg. 38A, 6N611C 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894-3829 Phone: 301-496-9293 adamlee [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Tanja Magoc, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3104D Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-8804 tmagoc [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home Page
	Niranjan Nagarajan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow	Office: 3104D Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-8804 niranjan [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Saket Navlakha, Ph.D. graduate student	Office: 3120g Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 saket [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Mihaela Pertea, Ph.D. Assistant Research Scientist Computational gene finding, splice site prediction, sequence motif finding	Office: 3109 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-9762 mpertea [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Geo Pertea Bioinformatics Engineer	Office: 3120E Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-9782 gpertea [at] umiacs.umd.edu
	Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. Principal Investigator, Bioinformatics National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center Battelle National Biodefense Institute	amp [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Daniela Puiu Bioinformatics Engineer	Office: 3104G Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3403 dpuiu@umiacs.umd.edu
	Mike Schatz, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Quantitative Biology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	mschatz [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	Megan Smedinghoff graduate student	Office: 3104B Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-3234 smeds [at] umd.edu Home page
	Cole Trapnell, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow The Broad Institute	cole [at] cs.umd.edu Home page
	Todd Treangen, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate	Office: 3120E Biomolecular Sciences Bldg Phone: 301-405-7269 treangen [at] umiacs.umd.edu Home page
	James Robert White, Ph.D. Institute for Genome Sciences University of Maryland School of Medicine	whitej [at] umd.edu Home page