Iuliia (Yilia) Innokenteva

Yulia is a fifth-year PhD student in bioinformatics at the University of Missouri, Columbia. With a strong background in health informatics and a Master of Public Health degree from MU, Yulia brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to her research. Her…

Justin Hummel

Justin is a graduate student at the University of Missouri Institute for Data Science and Informatics (MUIDSI) under the guidance of Rene Cortese, PhD. Justin has learned critical informatics techniques to expand his training in cancer biology.  His primary research…

William Baskett

I am a PhD student studying bioinformatics. I received my bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Missouri in 2018 and my masters in data science in 2021. My research focuses on developing algorithms to extract information from biomedical…

James Keller

James M. Keller is a Curators Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Missouri as well as R. L. Tatum Professor for the college. Keller’s research interests are in computational intelligence with current applications…

Susanta Behura

I apply bioinformatics and data science tools in diverse research areas such as 1) transmission of arboviral diseases, 2) animal diseases and 3) pregnancy establishment and success. I am also interested in basic researches relating to genome biology and evolution,…

Mikhail Kovalenko

Mikhail came to Bioinformatics with an Electrical Engineering and computer programming background. Recognizing the trends towards massive data processing needs in health care, he joined MUIDSI in hopes to make his own contribution to the advancement of computational diagnostic tools…

Sounak Chakraborty

Sounak Chakraborty is an Associate Professor at Department of Statistics, University of Missouri. His general research interest involves statistical methods for data mining, machine learning, survival analysis, Bayesian methodology, and their applications in bioinformatics, finance, medical and healthcare data. His…

Elizabeth King

My research is focused on understanding the genetic basis and evolution of organismal allocation patterns. The core life processes for every organism, such as surviving in the environment, finding food and mates, and reproducing, require the organism to allocate some…

Christine Elsik

Christine Elsik’s research expertise is in computational biology and bioinformatics, and she works specifically in genome sequencing and annotation. She has worked extensively with genomes of cattle and a number of insect species. Chris will have a joint appointment between…