Assistant Professor

Affiliations:

Department of Computer Science

Department of Biology

Faculty of Science

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Office: ER3014

Lab: EN2031

Email:  

Phone Nr.:  (709) 864-6769

Fax Nr.:       (709) 864-2009

Address:

    Department of Computer Science

    Memorial University of Newfoundland

    St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5

    Canada

Bio:

1. July 2010 - present   Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
   

2. Research Associate, Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
   

3. Postdoctoral Researcher, Hughes’ Lab, Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Canada.
   

4. Ph.D., Computer Science Department, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Germany. Supervisor: Stefan Wrobel.
   

5. MSc.,  Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Supervisor: Jonathan Schaeffer.
   

6. BSc., Information Systems Engineering, Technological Institute of Monterrey, Mexico.

Research Interests:

I am interested in applying machine learning and statistical methods to solve molecular biological problems. Specifically, my research focuses on analyzing large-scale experimental data and inferring biological relations/interactions based on combining heterogenous evidence.