Director

Shawn W. Polson

Director, Bioinformatics Data Science Core Facility
Associate Director, CBCB Research and Infrastructure
Director, Data Science Core (Delaware INBRE)
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

Scientists

Jaysheel Bhavsar

Bioinformatics Programmer
Adjunct Instructor

jaysheel@udel.edu | 302-831-6505 | BPI 147

Expertise: Bioinformatics Programming, Web Design, High Performance Computing, Transcriptomics, Metagenomics

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

Amelia Harrison

Academic Advisor I
Bioinformatics Training Coordinator

aoh@udel.edu | BPI 147

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

Madolyn MacDonald

Associate Bioinformatics Scientist

mmacd@udel.edu | BPI 147

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

Core Partners

Jeffrey Caplan

Director, DBI Bio-Imaging Center
Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences

jcaplan@udel.edu

Expertise: Confocal Microscopy, Bioimaging Analysis
Partner: Spatial Transcriptomics, CryoEM

Expertise: Flow Cytometry, Cell Sorting
Partner: Single Cell Omics

Expertise: Genomic Technologies, Molecular Biology
Partner: DNA/RNA Omics and Single Cell Omics

Expertise: High Performance Computing, Systems Administration, Computational Chemistry
Partner: Biomix HPC, BioStoRe