Jonathan Schisler, PhD
Jonathan Schisler, PhD
Assistant Professor of
Pharmacology
Resource Faculty
Phone: (919) 843-8708 | Office:
Email: schisler@unc.edu | Website: https://research.web.unc.edu
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Iain Carmichael
Iain Carmichael, PhD
Assistant Professor of
Pathology and Data Science
Core Faculty
Phone: N/A | Office:
Email: iain@unc.edu | Website: https://idc9.github.io
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Tarek Zikry
Tarek Zikry, PhD
Assistant Professor of
School of Data Science and Society (Starting July 2025)
Core Faculty
Phone: N/A | Office: ITS Manning School of Data Science and Society
Email: tarek@unc.edu | Website: http://www.zikrylab.com/
Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics, Computational Systems Biology, Statistical and Population Genetics
Research Interests: I am interested in the intersection of precision medicine and and data science, specifically topics in dimensionality reduction, single-cell omics, and statistical machine learning across applications in cancer, neuroscience, and public health.
Konstantin Popov
Konstantin Popov, PhD
Associate Professor of
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Core Faculty
Phone: N/A | Office:
Email: kpopov@email.unc.edu | Website: https://pharmacy.unc.edu/directory/kpopov/
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Dirk Dittmer
Dirk Dittmer, PhD
Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
Core Faculty
Phone: N/A | Office: N/A
Email: dirk_dittmer@med.unc.edu | Website: https://www.med.unc.edu/microimm/dittmerlab/
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Daiwei (David) Zhang
Daiwei (David) Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor of
Biostatistics and Genetics
Core Faculty
Phone: (919) 966-7281 | Office: 3107E McGavran-Greenberg Hall
Email: daiwei_zhang@med.unc.edu | Website: https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/david-zhang/
Research Areas: Image Analysis, Computational Genomics, Statistical and Population Genetics, Bioinformatics
Research Interests: My research focuses on developing novel artificial intelligence / machine learning frameworks to advance critical biomedical and health care domains, including spatial omics, computational pathology, medical imaging and text analysis.
Pew-Thian Yap, PhD
Pew-Thian Yap, PhD
Professor of
Radiology
Core Faculty
Phone: (919) 843-8712 | Office: 3117 Bioinformatics Building
Email: ptyap@med.unc.edu | Website: https://www.yaplab.io/
Research Areas: Image Analysis, Bioinformatics, Computational Biophysics, Computational Systems Biology
Research Interests: Image acquisition, reconstruction, quality control, harmonization, processing, and analysis with application to neuroscience.
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD
Associate Professor of
Anesthesiology
Resource Faculty
Phone: 919-966-5136 | Office: 120 Taylor Hall
Email: sarah_linnstaedt@med.unc.edu | Website: https://www.med.unc.edu/anesthesiology/research/linnstaedt-lab/
Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics, Computational Systems Biology, Statistical and Population Genetics
Research Interests: We are interested in understanding the recovery process following traumatic stress exposures and use large-scale molecular and genetic human cohort data from trauma survivors to better understand risk factors and mechanisms driving adverse outcomes such as chronic pain, posttraumatic stress, and depression.
Xihao Li, PhD
Xihao Li, PhD
Assistant Professor of
Biostatistics & Genetics
Core Faculty
Phone: (919) 843-3656* | Office: 4115D McGavran-Greenberg Hall*
Email: xihaoli@unc.edu | Website: https://xihaoli.org
Research Areas: Bioinformatics; Statistical and Population Genetics
Research Interests: My research interests lie in developing novel statistical methods and computational tools that (1) enable scalable and integrative analysis of large-scale whole-genome/whole-exome sequencing (WGS/WES) data and multi-omics data, (2) empower meta-analysis of large-scale sequencing data of ancestrally-diverse consortiums and biobanks, and (3) prioritize putative causal genetic variants using functional annotation data to better understand the relationships among genomic variation, genome function, and phenotypes.
Elisa Pieri, PhD
Elisa Pieri, PhD
Assistant Professor of
Chemistry
Core Faculty
Phone: 919-962-1619 | Office: 118 Caudill Labs
Email: elipieri@unc.edu | Website: https://www.pierilab.com/
Research Areas: Computational Biophysics
Research Interests: We seek to understand, predict and tune the events triggered by photon absorption in small biomimetic molecules and proteins, and develop rational design principles to build bio-imaging and optogenetics agents. In particular, we focus on tuning the fluorescence and photochromic properties of molecules and proteins using computational photoreaction discovery techniques. Note: recommend students taking Chem 495 if you are interested in the Pieri group.