Dr. Chongzhi zang is an assistant professor in the center for public health genomics, university of virginia. He holds faculty appointments in the departments of public health sciences, biochemistry and molecular genetics, and biomedical engineering at the UVA school of medicine.Cognitive language learning strategies he is also a faculty member of the UVA cancer center and the UVA data science institute. Chongzhi received his BS in physics from peking university and phd in physics from the george washington university.Cognitive language learning strategies he did his undergraduate research in high-field laser physics with jie zhang at the institute of physics, chinese academy of sciences, and his phd research in computational biophysics with weiqun peng and keji zhao at the national institutes of health.Cognitive language learning strategies prior to joining UVA, he completed his postdoctoral training with xiaole shirley liu at harvard university's dana-farber cancer institute. Chongzhi is a computational biologist with expertise in cancer epigenomics.Cognitive language learning strategies his research focuses on algorithm development for high-throughput genomic data analytics and integrative modeling of gene regulatory networks in mammalian cell systems.Cognitive language learning strategies

Zhenjia joined the lab as a postdoctoral research associate in january 2017. She received her phd in bioinformatics from school of mathematics, shandong university in china.Cognitive language learning strategies she is working on integration of publicly available transcription factor chip-seq data for studying functional gene regulation, and integration of RNA-seq data with chip-seq data for studying mechanisms of fusion transcripts in cancer.Cognitive language learning strategies

Dr. Sheng'en shawn hu is a postdoctoral research associate starting november 2017. Before joining UVA, he completed his phd training in bioinformatics from school of life science and technology, tongji university in china, and was a visiting student at harvard university.Cognitive language learning strategies he is working on developing computatinoal methodology of integrating high-throughput chromatin accessibility data for studying functional gene regulation.Cognitive language learning strategies

Gang joined the lab as a visiting scholar in september 2018. He has been working as a forensic doctor since he obtained a bachelor's degree in clinical medicine.Cognitive language learning strategies then he completed his first phd in pathology in china. Afterwards he continued his second phd in oncology in free university brussels in belgium.Cognitive language learning strategies currently he is a professor of clinical molecular pathology at the first affiliated hospital of guangxi medical university in china. He has involved in research projects on cancer biomarkers, and presently he focuses his studies on bioinformatics and integrative computational research in the human genome in cell line models and cancer systems.Cognitive language learning strategies

Wenjing ma is a postgraduate student from beijing university of posts and telecommunications. She obtained her master and the bachelor's degrees in computer science and technology.Cognitive language learning strategies inspired by some books related to the gene, she decided to develop a career combining her programming skills with biology. During her spare time, she likes going to the gym, cooking food, playing table tennis and the violin.Cognitive language learning strategies

Yayi feng is an undergraduate student in the university of virginia (class of 2020). Her intended major is biology, potentially minoring in computer science and economics.Cognitive language learning strategies she enjoys volunteering and helping others, and is currently a volunteer in the madison house medical service program and the CASH program. As a research volunteer in the lab, yayi is interested in learning more about how computational methods can be used to study human genomics and the effect of these findings on the medical field.Cognitive language learning strategies

John zhang is a second year biology / computer science major at UVA (class of 2020). His hometown however, is blacksburg virginia, home of virginia tech.Cognitive language learning strategies his main interests in school are science, especially biology and chemistry. Outside of school, john is involved in different sports and likes to volunteer and tutor students through madison house.Cognitive language learning strategies as a lab researcher john is very excited to help analyze data, especially since he sees himself working either as a physician or somewhere else in the public health sector after graduating.Cognitive language learning strategies

Stephany is an undergraduate student double majoring in biology and statistics and a possible minor in bioethics in class of 2020. She is on the pre-medical field with hopes of becoming a surgeon.Cognitive language learning strategies she is interested in the development of data science and its involvement in the medical field. She is a volunteer through madison house, on the executive board of the bioethics society at uva, and volunteer at another lab.Cognitive language learning strategies in her free time she enjoys running, hiking, and watching TED talks!

Jeffrey yoo is a computer science major (and a potential mathematics major) interested in machine learning and AI in class of 2020.Cognitive language learning strategies as a student researcher, he is interested in learning how to develop computational methodologies to solve problems in other fields. In his free time, he fences for the virginia fencing club and loves to watch movies and TV shows.Cognitive language learning strategies

Mike ferguson is a computer science major and math minor from class of 2021. He is interested in artificial intelligence, software development, and computer engineering.Cognitive language learning strategies he volunteers in another lab specializing in convolutional neural networks and computer vision/machine learning. In his free time, he enjoys playing guitar, ping pong, and waiting for the singularity to occur.Cognitive language learning strategies he is working on optimizing bioinformatics software and make it more user friendly/intuitive in any way possible.

Zhou lu is a third year student (class of 2020) double majoring in statistics and economics at UVA.Cognitive language learning strategies interested in the application of statistics in different fields, she looks forward to learning more about computational biology. After graduation, she plans on attending graduate school.Cognitive language learning strategies in her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and watching movies.

Aaron ho is a third year student (class of 2020) double majoring in biochemistry and computer science.Cognitive language learning strategies as a student researcher, he is excited to help develop and optimize software for human genomics and see them applied to the medical field. In his free time, aaron works as a volunteer EMT, competes in the intercollegiate programming competition for UVA, and runs with jim ryan.Cognitive language learning strategies after graduation, he plans to attend medical school with the hopes of becoming a surgeon.

Ben ke is a first year student (class of 2022) and intends on majoring in statistics with a concentration in biology.Cognitive language learning strategies he looks forward to learning how to apply statistical, coding, and other skills from the classroom in actual research. He currently volunteers at the UVA hospital through madison house and enjoys playing tennis and chess in his free time.Cognitive language learning strategies after graduation, he hopes to study in a medically-related field.

Ishaan is an undergraduate student (class of 2022) from centreville, VA, intending to study biostatistics and economics on the pre-med track.Cognitive language learning strategies he is particularly interested in exploring the intersection of machine learning and medical data. In his free time, ishaan enjoys photography, playing basketball, and exploring the food scene at charlottesville.Cognitive language learning strategies

Megan grieco is a systems engineering major in the class of 2021, pursuing the chemical and biomedical application sequence. She is excited about gaining experience in data science and research within the biological field.Cognitive language learning strategies after graduation, she is planning on going to medical school. In her free time, she likes to travel, cheer on the hoos, and rewatch the office.Cognitive language learning strategies

Zachary thomas is an undergraduate student (class of 2021) from oakton, VA majoring in biomedical engineering and minoring in computer science.Cognitive language learning strategies he is particularly interested in data science and its applications to further explore biomedical data. In his free time, he plays clarinet and bass clarinet with the UVA wind ensemble and charlottesville symphony orchestra.Cognitive language learning strategies

Sekou rowe is an undergraduate student from howard university (class of 2021) majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in biology. He joined the lab in summer 2019 for UVA's NSF REU program in multi-scale systems bioengineering.Cognitive language learning strategies he is interested in data science in fields dealing with biomedical engineering and mathematics. Sekou plans to earn a ph.D. In biomedical engineering.Cognitive language learning strategies as a student researcher he is looking forward to computational biology and having a better understanding of epigenetics and genomics. Outside of academics, sekou is an avid reader and enjoys games of strategy; his favorite being chess.Cognitive language learning strategies