Biography

The areas that best describe my interest and expertise are Bioinformatics and Cancer Immunology. The delicate balance of the human immune system essential for maintaining health yet is often itself the cause of disease. Understanding the control of human adaptive immunity with in-depth isoformic characterization of human immune cells and leveraging modern genomic tools to characterize the human immune system in both healthy and disease states can decipher the basis of cancer with the aim to develop novel therapeutic strategies for precision medicine.

As immuno-oncology takes center stage in the battle against cancer, the need for biomarkers has become even more acute. Applying immunoinformatics to studying cancer biology, my work has led me to develop a quantitative, in-depth mechanistic understanding of molecular communication governing the dynamics of the tumorigenesis. My broad background makes me uniquely equipped to undertake a project with both classic and cutting-edge experimental approaches to understand complex signaling networks in cancer because of my extensive experience with diverse datasets, my computational background with focus on biological questions and experience working with experimental scientists. I greatly enjoy working towards contributing to the battle against cancer.