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, Ph.D.
Research Consultant, Quantitative Health Sciences, Computational Biology

Umair Ayub, Ph.D

Umair Ayub, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Hematology/Oncology

Jagadeshwar Balan

Jagadeshwar Balan, M.S.
Principal Bioinformatician, Quantitative Health Sciences

 

Joe Farris

Joe Farris, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Quantitative Health Sciences, Computational Biology

 

Eric Klee

Eric Klee, Ph.D.
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

 

Samarth Rawal

Samarth Rawal, M.D.
Resident, Internal Medicine

 

 

Matthew Redlon

Matthew Redlon
Principal Technologist, 
Generative AI Program

 

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

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

 

Jesse Walsh

Jesse Walsh
Principal Bioinformatician, 
Quantitative Health Sciences

Ben Zhou, Arizona State University

Ben Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University

University of Illinois


Charles Blatti

Charles Blatti, Ph.D
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, Ph.D.
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

 

Dave Zhao

Dave Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Statistics