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

Chuming Chen

Professor

Computer & Information Sciences

chenc@udel.edu | 302-831-3426 | BPI 147

Expertise: Data Management and Data Integration, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, Deep Learning, Bioinformatics, Semantic Web and Ontology Engineering

Scientists

Madolyn MacDonald

Associate Bioinformatics Scientist

mmacd@udel.edu | BPI 147

Expertise: Genome Annotation, Bioinformatics Programming, Biopharmaceutical, Adventitious Virus Detection

Jennifer Wyffels

Post Doctoral Researcher

wyffels@udel.edu | 302-831-3242 | DBI 205

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

Amelia Harrison

Academic Advisor I
Bioinformatics Training Coordinator

aoh@udel.edu | BPI 147

Expertise: Microbial/Viral Community Analysis, Ecology, Phylogenetics, Metagenomics

Yuqi (Michael) Wang

Bioinformatics Programmer

yuqiwang@udel.edu | 302-831-3234 | 147 BPI