Graduate Students
Sushant Bhushan
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- B.E. Biotechnology, VTU, India
Biography
Sushant holds a Biotechnology degree, but his true field of interest is Bioinformatics. He currently is working on SNP data available for Cytokine genes and will build a database to associate SNP data with disease.
Research Interests
Biological Database development and management and Text mining
Uday Shanker Evani
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- Bachelors of Technology, Bio-Technology
Biography
Uday is from southern India (Hyderabad). He earned an undergraduate degree in Bio-technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. His interests include developing computational work-flows for the analysis of complex biological processes, visualizing biological data, and developing machine learning models.
Research Interests
sequence analysis, data mining, machine learning, visualizating biological data
Rebecca Fletcher
- Ph.D. Informatics (Bioinformatics), Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis
- B.A. Marquette University
Biography
Rebecca has an academic background in the life sciences and has many years of experience in the private information technology sector. She returned to academia in order to combine and pursue her interests in biology and technology. She obtained her master's of science in Bioinformatics from IUPUI in 2008. In 2003, she left Symantec Corp. as a security engineer and began working as a bioinformatics database manager in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, IU School of Medicine. The division has a clinical and research focus on individualized response to drug therapy. Her master's thesis focused on facilitating pharmacogenetic association studies using an extensible genotype information management system. Rebecca is a current society member of ISCB, ACM and SWE.
Research Interests
Pharmacogenomics/Personalized Medicine, Ontology Engineering/Architecture, Large-scale Database Development
Satishkumar Ranganathan Ganakammal
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- Bachelors in Biotechnology
Research Interests
Immmunology,Molecular biology , Cancer Biology
Akram El Gebali
- Ph.D. Informatics (Bioinformatics), Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- M.S. University of Technology of Zurich (Switzerland)
- B.S.C. Omar Almuktar University
Biography
Akram has a bachelor's degree in Agro Science and a master's degree in Information Technology. He is a certified Java programmer and has worked in Switzerland as a Java progammer, software, and hardware supporter. Currently, Akram is studying Bioinformatics under Professor Malika Mahoui.
Research Interests
Text mining, Taging and Taxonomies.
Mohammed Islaih
- Ph.D. Informatics (Bioinformatics), Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- M.S. Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (1993)
- B.S. Medical Technology, Yarmouk University, Jordan (1987)
Biography
Mohammed has over 10 years of work experience in the pharmaceutical industry in the areas of genetic toxicology and regulatory affairs. His interest in bioinformatics started six years ago when he was involved in the evaluation of the response of genotoxic stressors on global gene expression using microarrays. Currently he is working as an Associate Consultant in regulatory affairs at Elanco Animal Health, A Division of Eli Lilly and Company. Mohammed’s main job responsibility is regulatory information and Knowledge management. Mohammed is married and has four children. He lives in Fishers, IN, and enjoys photography and soccer.
Research Interests
Toxicogenomics, Transcriptional regulatory networks
Shreyas Karnik
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- B.Tech Bioinformatics
Biography
Shreyas began in the Bioinformatics Master's program in the Fall of 2009. Prior to this he worked at the National Chemical Laboratory in India as a Research Assistant where he was associated with a group involved in applying machine learning algorithms to biological data.
Research Interests
Machine Learning, Data-mining and Semantics
Gokhul Krishna Kilaru
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- Bachelor of Technology in Bio-Technology
Biography
Gokhul has previously worked as a Database Technician with the Department of Gastroenterology and also as a Research Technician with the Department of Dermatology, IU School of Medicine. He is the Co-Chair of the Media and Public Relations, Telugu Association of North America (TANA). Other interests include photography, journalism, politics, psychology, driving, reading, travelling, and making friends.
Research Interests
Networks and Pathways Analysis.
Prudhvi K. Mummaneni
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- B.S Biotechnology , Sathyabama University, 2004-08, India
Biography
Prudhvi is working toward a career in Bioinformatics. As a Research Assistant for the Indiana Center for Systems Biology and Personalized Medicine he works on disease specific connectivity maps providing a brand new platform for computational molecular pharmacology studies across different diseases. His research focuses on finding the application of potential drugs in new disease contexts or predicting the toxicology profiles of drugs based on functional activities. Prudhvi is also a database developer creating biological databases for many research projects. He is also the webmaster for the Indian Student Association.
Research Interests
Database designer/Web developer/ Bioinformatics programmer
Mark A. Oklak
- Ph.D. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- M.P.H. Master of Public Health, IUPUI (2009)
- M.S. Applied Statistics, IUPUI (2007)
Biography
Mark has many years of experience in the software deveopment industry. He is currently a senior software developer for the IU School of Medicine. He has also been a software developer for two health insurance companies and many other organizations. Mark has professional certifications in Mircosoft devlopment (MCSD), Oracle database management (OCA), and web development (CIW).
Research Interests
His research interests are at the intersection of bioinformatics and health infomatics. He is currently working on the BioFacets project which is managed by Dr. Malika Mahoui.
Yogesh Pandit
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- B.Tech. Bioinformatics, Pune, India (2008)
Biography
Yogesh has recently moved to the United States for his Graduate studies. He has previously worked for a National Chemical Research Lab. His undergraduate and research experience strengthened his desire to pursue graduate work in Bioinformatics. Other than work, he spends time watching movies, reading, and eating.
Research Interests
Biological Data & Text Mining, Cheminformatics
Rini Pauly
- M.S. Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- Bachelor of Technology, Bioinformatics
- Diploma in Computer Aided Drug Desiging
Biography
Rini is a graduate student in the Bioinformatics program. She also works with Dr. Palakal on the creation of a unique knowledge base to store Spice-Disease relations. She has also worked on Single nucleotide diseases, SNP's, under Dr. Sean Mooney at the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, CCBB. Rini interned at Methodist Hospital creating a database on Patient Tracing and Demographics.
Research Interests
Data Mining, Text Mining,, Statistical Computing and Computer Aided Drug Designing
Yang Yang
- Ph.D. Informatics (Bioinformatics), Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- B.S Life Science
Biography
Yang is currently engaged in pathway analysis and network classification. Through research at the School of Informatics Yang is hoping to find annovative proteins or biomarkers from pathway analysis.
Research Interests
Pathway analysis
Ao Zhou
- Ph.D. Informatics (Bioinformatics), Indiana University, Indianapolis (current student)
- M.S. Biophysics, Nanjing University, China (2008)
- B.S. Physics, Nanjing University, China (2005)
Biography
Ao Zhou was initially a Physics Major, however he developed an interest in biological science and computer science and switched his focus to Bioinformatics in 2008. Currently he is working on a Database Integration project for Biomarker Identification in Proteomics. His primary expertise is C programming, Database Management, and Web Development.
Research Interests
Biomarker Identification, Proteomics, Database Integration
