Shawn Gomez, Eng.Sc.D
Shawn Gomez, Eng.Sc.D
Professor of
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University
Core Faculty Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics, Computational Systems Biology, Image Analysis
Research Interests:
Systems biology with emphases in cancer and infectious disease
Phone: 919-966-4959 | Office: 144 MacNider Hall
Email: smgomez@unc.edu | Website: http://gomezlab.bme.unc.edu/
Yun Li, PhD
Yun Li, PhD
Professor of
Genetics and Biostatistics
Core Faculty Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Statistical and Populational Genetics
Research Interests:
The focus of my research is on the development of statistical methods and their application to the genetic dissection of complex diseases and traits.
Phone: 919-843-2832 | Office: 5043 Genetic Medicine Building
Email: yunli@med.unc.edu | Website: https://yunliweb.its.unc.edu
Alain Laederach, PhD
Alain Laederach, PhD
Professor of
Biology
Core Faculty Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics
Research Interests:
RNA bioinformatics and transcriptomics
Phone: 919-962-4565 | Office: 3354 Genome Sciences Bldg.
Email: alain@unc.edu | Website: http://ribosnitch.bio.unc.edu/The_Laederach_Lab/Welcome.html
Jeremy Purvis, PhD
Jeremy Purvis, PhD
Professor and Associate Chair for Education of
Genetics
Core Faculty Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Computational Systems Biology, Image Analysis
Research Interests:
Our lab uses computational and experimental approaches to study signaling mechanisms in stem cells and cancer pathways.
Phone: 919-962-4923 | Office: 11018C Mary Ellen Jones Building
Email: jeremy_purvis@med.unc.edu | Website: http://genetics.unc.edu/purvislab/
Brian Kuhlman, PhD
Brian Kuhlman, PhD
Professor of
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Core Faculty Research Areas: Computational Biophysics
Research Interests:
Protein Engineering and Design
Phone: 919-843-0188 | Office: 3096 Genetic Medicine Bldg.
Email: bkuhlman@email.unc.edu | Website: https://sites.google.com/site/kuhlmanlabwebpage/
Terry Furey, PhD
Terry Furey, PhD
Professor of
Genetics and Biology
Core Faculty Research Areas: Computational Genomics, Computational Systems Biology
Research Interests:
The Furey Lab is focused on understanding chromatin structure and gene regulation in normal and diseased cells, primarily through the analysis of data from functional high-throughput sequencing experiments.
Phone: 919-966-7033 | Office: 5022 Genetic Medicine Bldg.
Email: tsfurey@email.unc.edu | Website: http://fureylab.web.unc.edu/
Alex Tropsha, PhD
Alex Tropsha, PhD
K.H. Lee Distinguished Professor of
Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry
Core Faculty Research Areas:
Research Interests:
Computational drug discovery; Cheminformatics; Computational geometry of protein structure
Phone: 919-966-2955 | Office: 100K Beard Hall
Email: alex_tropsha@unc.edu | Website: https://pharmacy.unc.edu/Directory/tropsha
Timothy Elston, PhD
Timothy Elston, PhD
Professor of
Pharmacology
Core Faculty Research Areas: Computational Biophysics, Computational Systems Biology, Image Analysis, Mathematical Biology
Research Interests:
Mathematical modeling of signaling pathways and regulatory networks
Phone: 919-843-7670 | Office: 4092 Genetic Medicine Bldg.
Email: telston@med.unc.edu | Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/pharm/elstonlab/
William Valdar, PhD
William Valdar, PhD
Professor of
Genetics
Core Faculty Research Areas: Computational Genomics, Statistical and Populational Genetics
Research Interests:
Quantitative and statistical genetics: modeling the relationship between genes and complex disease in model organisms and humans.
Phone: 919-843-2833 | Office: 5044 Genetic Medicine Building
Email: william.valdar@unc.edu | Website: http://valdarlab.unc.edu