Alumni & Previous Members
Postdocs & Research Associates
9 members

Zhisong Cui
UNL Postdoc
Ph.D., Ocean University of China (2014)
Now: cGMP Lab Tech, UNL Biological Process Development Facility

Minal Khatri
UNL Postdoc
Ph.D., University of Nebraska Lincoln (2023)
Now: Postdoc, Stowers Institute for Medical Research


Nousias Orestis
UNL Postdoc
Ph.D., University of Crete, Greece (2021)
Now: Postdoc, Yale University

Jinfang Zheng
UNL Postdoc
Ph.D., Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2019)
Now: Principal Investigator, ZheJiang Lab, Hangzhou, China

Tang Li
UNL Research Associate
BS, UNL FDST (2019) · MS, UNL FDST (2021)
Now: Bioinformatician, BGI-Shenzhen

Elisabeth Fitzek
Part-time Postdoc
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2012)
Now: Faculty, Bielefeld University

Huansheng Cao
Postdoc
Ph.D., Fordham University (2012)
Now: Faculty, Duke-Kunshan University
Graduate Students
24 members
Yi Xing
UNL FDST MS Student
BS, UNL FDST (2023)
Now: PhD student at OSU

Dulcie Archuleta
UNL CBIO PhD Rotation
BS, Nebraska Wesleyan University (2023)

Vaishnavi Annabhemoju
UNL CSE MS Student
BS, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (2019)


Nishanth Vangara
UNL CSE MS Student · MS 2024
BT, Vellore Institute of Technology, India (2016)
Now: Software Developer, Thomson Reuters

Ved Piyush
UNL Statistics PhD Student · PhD 2023
MS, University of Minnesota (2018)
Now: Senior Data Scientist, IBM

Qiwei Ge
UNL CSE MS Student · MS 2023
BE, UNL CSE (2021)
Now: Software Engineer, HSBC Bank, Xi'an, China

Bowen Yang
UNL FDST PhD Student · PhD 2023
BS, Dalian University of Technology (2015) · MS, Rutgers University (2017)
Now: Bioinformatics Scientist, Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Boyang Hu
UNL CSE PhD Student (Rotation)
MS, University of Maryland (2013)

Michael Israel
UNL CBIO PhD Rotation
MS, UIUC (2019)

Catherine Ausland
NIU BIOS PhD Student · PhD 2020
BS, Elmhurst University (2014) · MS, Northern Illinois University (2016)
Now: Genomic Data Analyst, NIH Genomic Data Commons, U of Chicago

Daniel Paterson
NIU Bioinfo MS Student · MS 2020
BS, Southern Illinois University (2015)

Fei Xing
UNL CBIO PhD Student
BS, Sichuan University, China (2016) · MS, Shandong University (2019)

Lauren Orton
NIU BIOS PhD Student · PhD in BIOS coadvised with Dr. Duvall
BS, Iowa State University (2009) · MS, Northern Illinois University (2015)
Now: Professor, Sauk Valley Community College

Sarah Entwistle
NIU Bioinfo MS Student · MS 2019
BS, Northern Illinois University (2017) · also Undergrad RA 2016–2017
Now: Bioinformatics Scientist, UNC Chapel Hill

Dikshyant Gautam
BIOS PhD Student
BS, Purbanchal University (2016)

Philippe Dovoedo
Statistics PhD Student Intern
MS, Heriot-Watt University, UK (2014)

Xueqiong Li
Bioinfo MS Student · MS in Bioinfo
BS, Southeast University of China (2015)

Bandana Sharma Chapagain
Bioinfo MS Student
BS, Kathmandu University, Nepal (2014)
Now: PhD student, UT Arlington

Marcus Nguyen
CS Master Student
BS, Northern Illinois University (2014)
Now: Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory

Yasong Yang
Statistics PhD Student (Volunteer)
Statistics MS, Northern Illinois University (2014)

Qasim Rajih
MS Student · MS 2016
BS, Babylon University, Iraq (1995)

Rahil Taujale
MS Student · MS Received
BS, Kathmandu University (2012)
Now: PhD student, UGA Bioinformatics

Chenshuang Lu
Statistician Intern · Statistics MS
Now: PhD student, Kansas State University Statistics
Hao Shen
Statistician Intern · Statistics MS
Now: PhD student, NIU Statistics
Visiting Scholars
7 members
Liwei Hu
Visiting Scholar
PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007)
Associate Professor, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, China

Zhaolan Han
Visiting PhD Student · Nanjing Agricultural University
BS, Guizhou University, China (2018)
Ria Feidaki
Visiting PhD Student · University of the Aegean

Xiaoming Song
Visiting Scholar · North China S&T University
Associate Professor

Xin Cheng
Visiting Scholar · JiangXi Agriculture University
Associate Professor

Bo Zheng
Visiting PhD Student · Beijing Institute of Technology
Now: Postdoc, Tsinghua University

Xueqiong Li
Visiting Research Fellow
Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China
Undergraduate Students
29 members
Qihua Chen
Undergrad RA · UNL FDST

Kevin Prososki
Undergrad RA · UNL Biochem

Xiaoxiao Liu
Undergrad RA · UNL FDST
Now: Student, University of Copenhagen

Xinyuan Zhang
Undergrad RA · UNL FDST

Yuxiao Lu
Undergrad RA · UNL FDST

Ran Ye
Undergrad RA · UNL Math

Tram Nguyen
Undergrad RA · UNL Math

Yiyi Cheng
Research Intern · UNL FDST
Now: PhD student, University of Glasgow

Yifan Wu
Research Intern

Liyuan Wu
FDST Research Assistant · UNL
Alisha Blake
BIOS RA · NSF Grant

Tanner Yohe
CS Undergrad RA · BS in CS 2018
Now: Software Engineer, Publicis.Sapient
Javi Gomez
CS Undergrad RA · NSF Grant
Now: Discover Bank
Mohamad Majd Raslan
CS Undergrad RA · NIH Grant

Samuel Ogunbode
BIOS RA · NSF Grant

Natalie Yass
BIOS 370 Student

Harry Chieng
BIOS 370 Student

Kyle Inthabandith
BIOS 370 Student

Jingwan Li
CS Student Volunteer

Sydney Wieczorek
BIOS 370 Student

Slafa Aslam
BIOS 370 Student

Amol Shah
BIOS 370 Student · BS in BIOS, MS in CS 2018
Now: Abbott Laboratories

Jessica Morgan
BIOS 370 Student

Rhiannon Balazic
BIOS 499 Honors Student
Now: Kent State College of Podiatric Medicine

Ashley Purintun
BIOS 370 Student
Now: NIU Teacher Licensure Program
Emrose Bachhal
BIOS 370 Student

Michael Lewis
BIOS 370 Student
Joel Dennison
Summer Intern · BIOS
Research Assistants
8 members
Yinchao He
UNL CSE Research Assistant
Now: Grad student, UCSD
Pengxiang Zhang
UNL CSE Research Assistant
Now: Grad student, Northwestern University





Manju Rupani
Data Analyst
Vamshi Polapally
CS Research Assistant