Instructors

A computational genomics student sits behind a workstation while an instructor teachesJourney with University of Illinois and Mayo Clinic Experts 

Embark on a transformative week alongside esteemed instructors from the University of Illinois and the Mayo Clinic, as they blend expertise and innovation to illuminate the complexities of genomic data analysis.

Mayo Clinic


Yan Asmann

Yan Asmann, PhD
Research Consultant, Quantitative Health Sciences, Computational Biology


Umair Ayub, Ph.D

Umair Ayub, Ph.D
Research Fellow, Cancer Data Science 


Jun Chen

Jun Chen, PhD
Research Consultant, Quantitative Health Sciences, Computational Biology


Joe Farris

Joe Ferris, PhD
Research Fellow, Quantitative Health Sciences, Computational Biology


Eric Klee

Eric Klee, PhD
Everett J. and Jane M. Hauck Midwest Associate Director of Research and Innovation, Center for Individualized Medicine
Research Consultant, Quantitative Health Sciences, Computational Biology 


Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi, M.D.

Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi, M.D.
Research Fellow, Cancer Data Science


Collin Osbourne, M.S.

Collin Osbourne, M.S.
Senior Bioinformatician, Quantitative Health Sciences, Computational Biology


Mihir Parmar

Mihir Parmar
Ph.D. Candidate, Research Fellow, Augmented Intelligence, Mayo Clinic/Arizona State University  


Irbaz Riaz, M.B.B.B., M.S.

Irbaz Riaz, M.B.B.B., M.S.
Senior Associate Consultant, Hematology/Oncology


Lu Yang, Ph.D.

Lu Yang, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Quantitative Health Sciences, Computational Biology


University of Illinois


Charles Blatti

Charles Blatti, PhD
Research Scientist, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)


Jenny Drnevich, Ph.D.

Jenny Drnevich, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, HPCBio, Carver Biotechnology Center


Chris Fields

Chris Fields, PhD
Director, High-Performance Biological Computing 


Jessica Holmes

Jessica Holmes, M.S.
Research and Instructional Specialist, Life Sciences


Alex Lipka

Alexander Lipka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Crop Sciences


Priyam Mazumdar

Priyam Mazumdar
Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineerin 


Dave Zhao

Dave Zhao, PhD
Associate Professor, Statistics