About

I am an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Rice University in Houston, TX. My research group focuses on bioinformatics, specializing multiple genome alignment, metagenome assembly, and microbial forensics. In addition, I have prioritized developing bioinformatics software and analysis pipelines designed to facilitate exploratory and hypothesis-driven biological research, aimed at the intersection of microbial ecology, comparative genomics, and computer science.

Teaching

Spring 2019: I am currently teaching COMP 347/547: Computational Microbial Forensics.

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