Bioinformatics Faculty

Degree Institution: Iowa State University Degree: Ph.D. Molecular Biology Dr. Cory R. Brouwer is Director of the Bioinformatics Services Division and Associate Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics at UNC Charlotte. He and his team provide a wide range of bioinformatics and computational biology services to the NCRC, UNC Charlotte and surrounding area life sciences community. […]

Dr. Elizabeth Cooper received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Southern California in 2011, then worked as a post-doc under Dr. Albert Uy at the University of Miami from 2011 to 2014. Afterwards, she became a research associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Clemson University with Dr. Stephen Kresovich, before joining the […]

I am an evolutionary biologist with a broad interest in vertebrates, especially fishes. With over 30,000 species, ray-finned fishes are arguably among the most successful vertebrates on our planet. Although they may look quite different from us, we also share remarkable genetic similarities with fish species as diverse as gar and pufferfishes. But just how […]

Personal Website: http://www.dulab.org/ Degree Institution: Washington University in St. Louis Degree: Ph.D. Year Graduated: 2005 Education: D. Sc. (Doctor of Science) in Systems Science and Mathematics Washington University in St. Louis, August, 2005 M.S. in Electrical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis, 2004 B.S. in Electrical Engineering Hefei University of Technology, China, 1991 Dr. Du […]

Presonal Webpage: http://www.afodor.net/ Degree Institution: University Of Washington Degree: Ph.D. Year Graduated: 1998 Google Schlolar Publications: See Google Schloar

Degree Institution: University of IllinoisDegree: Ph.D. Biophysics and Computational BiologyYear Graduated: 1996 Research Areas: Bacterial genetics and genomics, metagenomics, microbiology of human-built urban environments Bio: Cynthia Gibas is a Professor in the Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics at UNC Charlotte. Her research is in the area of microbial genomics. She is currently leading the University’s […]

Personal Webpage: https://guolab.charlotte.edu/directory/jun-tao-guo-phd Degree Institution: University of KentuckyDegree: Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular BiochemistryYear Graduated: 2001 

Dr. Denis Jacob Machado (click here to learn how to pronounce his name) is an assistant professor in bioinformatics at UNC Charlotte’s Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics (BiG), starting on Aug. 15, 2022. He was one of the first hires of the Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER). Dr. Jacob […]

In 2012, Daniel Janies joined the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as The Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics. Dr. Janies received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Michigan in 1988 and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Florida in 1995. Dr. Janies worked as […]

Dr. Abigail Leavitt LaBella received her Ph.D from the University Program in Genetics and Genomics at Duke University in 2017. After defending her thesis on deep-sea population genomics, Dr. LaBella worked as a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Dr. Antonis Rokas at Vanderbilt University. During this time Dr. LaBella led research projects that leveraged […]