Raquel Assis, Principal Investigator

Raquel received a B.S. in Psychology and Zoology from the University of Florida in 2006, and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the University of Michigan in 2011. She completed a NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California Berkeley in 2013, joined the faculty in the Department of Biology at Penn State in 2014, and the faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at FAU in 2019. Her major research interests lie in developing novel methods for elucidating connections between genotype and phenotype.

Contact: rassis@fau.edu

Andre Luiz Campelo Dos Santos, Research Scientist

Andre received a B.S. in History from Federal University of Ceará in 2013, a M.S. in Archaeology from Federal University of Pernambuco in 2016, and a Ph.D. in Archaeology from Federal University of Pernambuco in 2020. He worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Federal University of Pernambuco from 2020-2021 and in the DeGiorgio group at FAU from 2021-2023, and joined the Assis and DeGiorgio groups as a Research Scientist in 2023.

Contact: acampelodossanto@fau.edu

Uwaise Ibna Islam, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science

Uwaise received a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology in 2021. He joined the Assis group in 2022.

Contact: uislam2022@fau.edu

Perry LaBoone, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science

Perry received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida in 1979, a M.S. in Computer Engineering from Florida Atlantic University in 1986, a MBA from the University of North Florida in 1994, and a MAcc from the University of North Florida in 1999. He is also a registered Professional Engineer and a CPA. He joined the Assis group in 2023.

Contact: plaboone@fau.edu

Ksenia Macias Calix, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science

Ksenia received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Florida International University in 2020, and a M.S. in Bioengineering from Florida Atlantic University in 2021. She worked in the Assis group during her M.S. studies, and rejoined us in 2023.

Contact: kmaciascalix2019@fau.edu

Antara Anika Piya, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science

Antara Anika received a B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in 2014. She joined the Assis group in 2021.

Contact: apiya2021@fau.edu

Eric Tran, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science

Eric received a B.S. in Microbiology from the University of California Davis in 2015, a M.S. in Bioinformatics and Genomics from the University of Oregon in 2021, and a M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2023. He is currently working as a bioinformatician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) while obtaining his Ph.D. in Computer Science. He joined the Assis group in 2024.

Contact: trane2023@fau.edu



Alumni

Ria Kanjilal, Postdoctoral Researcher, FAU (2022 - 2024)

Nafis Erfan, M.S. Student in Computer Science, FAU (2022 - 2024)

Mahsa Alemrajabi, Ph.D. Student in Physics, FAU (2021 - 2024)

Andrew Goldberg, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, FAU (2022 - 2023)

David Laloum, Postdoctoral Researcher, FAU (2021 - 2022)

John Davidian, M.S. Student in Artificial Intelligence, FAU (2021 - 2022)

Saheed Oseni, Ph.D. Student in Integrative Biology, FAU (2021)

Srabanti Datta, Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering, FAU (2021)

Xueyuan Jiang, Ph.D. Student in MCIBS, Penn State (2016 - 2019)

Balaji Kumar, Ph.D. Student in Biology, Penn State (2016 - 2019)

Juan Cerda, Ph.D. Student (rotation) in Bioinformatics and Genomics, Penn State (2017)

Brent Perry, Undergraduate Researcher, Penn State (2014 - 2017)

Jacob Heldenbrand, M.S. Student in MCIBS, Penn State (2015 - 2016)

Soufieh Hakimzadeh, Undergraduate Researcher, Penn State (2015 - 2016)

Janne Olson, Undergraduate Researcher, Penn State (2015)

Will Rosenow, Undergraduate Researcher, Penn State (2014)

Nabeel Ahmed, Ph.D. Student (rotation) in Bioinformatics and Genomics, Penn State (2014)