Leadership
Shawn W. Polson
Co-Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Director, Bioinformatics Data Science Core Facility
Director, Delaware INBRE Data Science Core
PI/Director, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Data Science T32 Predoctoral Training Program
Professor, Computer and Information Sciences; Biological Sciences; Plant and Soil Sciences
polson@udel.edu | 302-831-3235 | 315 BPI
Expertise: Genomics, Transcriptomics, Metagenomics, Phylogenetics, Genomic Technologies, High Performance Computing, Bioinformatics Programming
Karen Hoober
Co-Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
MPI/Director, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, & Biomedical Data Science T32 Predoctoral Training Program
Workforce Development Director, Data Science Institute
khoober@udel.edu | 302-831-6173 | 147 BPI
Cathy Wu
Unidel Edward G. Jefferson Chair in Engineering and Computer Science
Founder, Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
MPI/Director, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Data Science T32 Predoctoral Training Program
Director, Data Science Institute (DSI)
Director, Protein Information Resource (PIR)
Professor, Computer & Information Sciences
Professor, Biological Sciences
wuc@udel.edu | 302-831-8869 | 147 BPI
Expertise: Biological Text Mining, Biological Ontology, Computational Systems Biology, Protein Structure-Function-Network Analysis, Bioinformatics Cyberinfrastructure
Faculty
Cecilia Arighi
Instructor
Computer and Information Sciences
arighi@dbi.udel.edu | 302-831-3444 | APBio Suite 147B
Expertise: Data Management and Data Integration, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, Deep Learning, Bioinformatics, Semantic Web and Ontology Engineering
Scientists
Expertise: Genome Annotation, Bioinformatics Programming, Biopharmaceutical, Adventitious Virus Detection
Staff
Jaysheel Bhavsar
Bioinformatics Programmer
Adjunct Instructor
jaysheel@udel.edu | 302-831-6505 | BPI 147
Expertise: Bioinformatics Programming, Web Design, High Performance Computing, Transcriptomics, Metagenomics
Expertise: Microbial/Viral Community Analysis, Ecology, Phylogenetics, Metagenomics
