University Catalog 2024-2025

Bioinformatics (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Genomics Sciences Core Courses12
Special Topics (Bioinformatics I)
Functional Genomics
Special Topics (Genomic Sciences Journal Club) 1
Molecular Genetics
Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation
Professionalism and Ethics
Bioinformatics Core Courses12
Special Topics (Bioinformatics II)
Computational Methods for Molecular Biology
Statistical Methods For Researchers II
Advanced Topics in Statistics (Bioinformatics Consulting)
Bioinformatics PhD Courses8
Special Topics (Genomic Sciences Journal Club) 1
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference I
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference II
Elective Courses9
"Elective Courses" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Doctoral Research Courses32
"Doctoral Research Courses" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours73
1

PP 810 Genomic Sciences Journal Club should be repeated four times (twice for "Genomic Sciences Core Courses" and twice for "Bioinformatics PhD Courses").

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Jose Miguel Alonso
  • Christopher M. Ashwell
  • Russell J. Borski
  • Matthew Breen
  • Dennis T. Brown
  • Ignazio Carbone
  • Marie Davidian
  • Jon Doyle
  • Robert Graham Franks
  • Sujit K. Ghosh
  • Amy Michele Grunden
  • Jason M. Haugh
  • Erich L. Kaltofen
  • Robert M. Kelly
  • Matthew D. Koci
  • Cristina Lanzas
  • Bailian Li
  • Hsiao-Ching Liu
  • Christian Maltecca
  • Earl S. Maxwell
  • Melissa Schuster Merrill
  • David C. Muddiman
  • Spencer V. Muse
  • Charles H. Opperman
  • James N. Petitte
  • Robert M. Petters
  • Jorge A. Piedrahita
  • Brian J. Reich
  • Maria C. Sagui
  • Seth M. Sullivant
  • Jung-Ying Tzeng
  • Mladen Alan Vouk
  • Ross W. Whetten
  • Fred Andrew Wright
  • Qiuyun Xiang
  • Zhaobang Zeng
  • Daowen Zhang

Associate Professors

  • David Lawrence Aylor
  • Nicolas Buchler
  • Gavin Clay Conant
  • Michael B. Goshe
  • Steffen Heber
  • Slavko Komarnytsky
  • David S. Lalush
  • Terri A. Long
  • Arnab Maity
  • Flora Meilleur
  • Dahlia M. Nielsen
  • Jonathan W. Olson
  • Xinxia Peng
  • David Michael Reif
  • Michael L. Sikes
  • Charles Eugene Smith
  • Lori June Unruh Snyder
  • Yihui Zhou

Assistant Professors

  • Orlando Arguello-Miranda
  • Hamid Ashrafi
  • Christa Baker
  • Louis-Marie Bobay
  • Benjamin J. Callahan
  • Abdulkerim Eroglu
  • Rafael Felipe Guerrero Farias
  • Denis Fourches
  • Joseph Lee Gage
  • Caitlin Heil
  • Amanda Marie Hulse
  • Jicai Jiang
  • Xingcheng Lin
  • Kurt Marsden
  • David Rasmussen
  • Christina Zakas

Emeritus Faculty

  • William Reid Atchley
  • David Bird
  • Wendy F. Boss
  • Rebecca S. Boston
  • James W. Brown
  • Vincent L. C. Chiang
  • Eugene Eisen
  • Todd Robert Klaenhammer
  • Jeffrey Thorne
  • Wayne Tompkins
  • Anastasios A. Tsiatis
  • Paul L. Wollenzien