Alumni

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

	Dr. Bi Zhao Postdoc, September 2019 to June 2022 Research area: Prediction of intrinsically disordered proteins; development of protein bioinformatics resources Currently: Assistant Professor and Director of the USF Genomics Program, University of South Florida homepage
	Dr. Christopher Oldfield Postdoc, January 2017 to July 2020 Research area: Functional characterization of intrinsically disordered proteins Currently: Bioinformatics Scientist, GENETWORxy homepage
	Dr. Amita Barik Postdoc, September 2018 to March 2019 Research area: Functional characterization of intrinsically disordered proteins Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Durgapur, India homepage

Former Ph.D. Students

	Dr. Sina Ghadermarzi Ph.D., graduated December 2022 Research area: Characterization and prediction of protein-drug interactions Currently: Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Center for Infection and Immunity homepage
	Dr. Akila Katuwawala Ph.D., graduated May 2021 Research area: Functional analysis of intrinsic disorder Currently: Scientist II, Computational Biology at Adimab, LLC homepage
	Dr. Chen Wang Ph.D., graduated May 2018 Research area: High-throughput prediction and analysis of protein-drug interactions Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University homepage
	Dr. Fanchi Meng Ph.D., graduated January 2018 Research area: High-throughput prediction and analysis of cellular functions of intrinsic disorder Currently: Machine Learning Engineer, Meta homepage
	Dr. Jing Yan Ph.D., graduated June 2016 Research area: High-throughput prediction and analysis of protein-RNA and protein-DNA interactions Currently: Software Development Engineer, Amazon homepage
	Dr. Xiao Fan Ph.D., graduated December 2015 Research area: High-throughput characterization of microRNAs and microRNA targets Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Florida homepage
	Dr. Zhenling Peng Ph.D., graduated September 2014 Research area: High-throughput prediction and analysis of intrinsic disoder in proteins Currently: Associate Professor, Shandong University homepage
	Dr. Marcin Mizianty Ph.D., graduated September 2013 Research area: High-throughput prediction and analysis of protein structure, function, and crystallization propensity Currently: VP of Data Science, AltaML homepage
	Dr. Kanaka Durga Kedarisetti Ph.D., graduated March 2012 Research area: High-throughput characterization and prediction of beta-residues and beta-strands Co-supervisor: Dr. Scott Dick Currently: Data Consultant homepage
	Dr. Ke Chen Ph.D., graduated September 2011 Research area: High-throughput prediction and analysis of protein function Currently: Associate Professor, Tianjin Polytechnic University
	Dr. Wojciech Stach Ph.D., graduated May 2010 Research area: Automated learning and applications of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Co-supervisor: Dr. Witold Pedrycz Currently: Manager, Enterprise Reporting and Visualization, Public Services and Procurement Canada homepage
	Dr. Rafal Rak Ph.D., graduated September 2009 Research area: Biological text mining and knowledge representation Co-supervisor: Dr. Marek Reformat Currently: Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Facebook homepage

Former M.Sc. Students

	Fatemeh Miri Disfani M.Sc., graduated Winter 2012 Research area: Prediction of binding regions undergoing disorder-to-order transition Currently: Software engineer, Google homepage
	Leila Homaeian M.Sc., graduated Winter 2006 Research area: In-silico prediction of protein secondary structure content Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo homepage
	Alireza Farhanghfar M.Sc., graduated Winter 2005 Research area: Imputation of missing data Currently: Data Scientist, Apple homepage
	Kanaka Durga Kedarisetti M.Sc., graduated Winter 2005 Research area: In-silico characterization of secondary protein structure Currently: Data Consultant homepage
	Mandana Rahbari M.Sc., graduated Winter 2008 Research area: In-silico prediction of protein secodary structure Currently: Ph.D. student, University of Alberta

Former M.Eng Students

	Scott Bass M.Eng., graduated Winter 2007 Research area: Data mining in nanotechnology patents Currently: Project manager, Rally Engineering homepage
	Kevin Campbell M.Eng., graduated Winter 2008 Research area: In-silico prediction of protein beta-turn types Currently: President, RMS Welding Systems, Canada homepage
	Ibrahim Hijazi M.Eng., graduated Fall 2011 Research area: High-throughput prediction of protein-small ligand interactions Currently: Senior Software and Systems Engineer, TELUS homepage
	Yingfu (Grace) Jiang M.Eng., graduated Winter 2007 Research area: In-silico prediction of protein folding rates Currently: Database Analyst, University of Alberta homepage
	Su Xiaoyuan M.Eng., graduated Spring 2004 Research area: ROC and AUC criteria for evaluation of classification systems Currently: CEO, Chinese Radio Seattle homepage
	Ce Zheng M.Eng., graduated Winter 2008 Research area: In-silico prediction of protein beta-turns Currently: IT Analyst II, Alberta Health Services, Canada homepage

Former Visiting Professors

	Dr. Gang Hu Visiting Associate Professor (Oct 2011-Nov 2011; Jul 2012-Dec2012; Aug 2014-Oct 2014) Research area: Protein-ligand interactions Currently: Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin
	Dr. Kui Wang Visiting Associate Professor (Jul 2012-Dec 2012) Research area: Protein-ligand interactions Currently: Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin
	Dr. Zhonghua Wu Visiting Associate Professor (Aug 2014-Jan 2015) Research area: Protein-protein interactions; intrinsic disorder Currently: Associate Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin

Former Visiting Ph.D. students

	Bálint Biró Visiting Ph.D. student (August 2020 to February 2021) Research area: Structural annotation of proteins Currently: Data Scientist, _VOIS, Hungary homepage
	Abdollah Amirkhani Visiting Ph.D. student (Feb 2017-June 2017) Research area: Application of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps in funtional annotation of proteins Currently: Assistant Professor, Iran University of Science and Technology
	Jian Zhang Visiting Ph.D. student (Nov 2015 - Nov 2016) Research area: High-throughput prediction and analysis of protein-protein/RNA/DNA interactions Currently: Associate Professor, Xinyang Normal University homepage
	Dr. Hua Zhang Visiting Ph.D. student (Sept 2007-Sept 2008) Research area: Analysis and prediction of protein structure Currently: Associate Professor, Zhejiang Gongshang University
	Dr. Tuo Zhang Visiting Ph.D. student (Sept 2007-Sept 2008) Research area: Protein-ligand interactions Currently: Instructor, Weill Cornell Medicine homepage

Former Visiting M.Sc. students

Shomeek Chowdhury Visiting M.Sc. student (May 2016 - Oct 2016) Research area: Characterization of novel putative RNA-binding proteins Currently: Ph.D. student, Virginia Commonwealth University