Current Members

Dr. Wei Zhang
Lab Director

Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Core Member for the Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster

  • Research Interest: Analysis of Cancer Transcript Variants; Network-based Learning in Bioinformatics; Drug Sensitivity Prediction
  • Education: PhD & MS, Computer Science, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (2015 & 2011)
  • Contact: wzhang.cs(at)ucf(dot)edu
Jiao Sun
PhD Student

PhD Student in Computer Science

  • Research Interest: mRNA Isoform Quantification with NGS; Post-transcriptional Regulation and Its Application in Human Disease
  • Education: MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida (2018); BS, Electronic Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (2016)
  • Contact: jiao.sun(at)knights.ucf.edu
Github
Naima Ahmed Fahmi
PhD Student

PhD Student in Computer Science

  • Research Interest: Analysis of Transcript Variants; Drug Sensitivity Prediction
  • Education: BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (2011)
  • Contact: fnaima(at)knights.ucf.edu
Github
Khandakar Tanvir Ahmed
PhD Student

PhD Student in Computer Science

  • Research Interest: Drug Sensitivity Prediction; Post-transcriptional Reguation and Its Application in Human Disease
  • Education: BS, Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2017)
  • Contact: t.ahmed(at)knights.ucf.edu
Qibing Jiang
PhD Student

PhD Student in Computer Science

  • Research Interest: Machine Learning and Its Application in Biomedical Imaging
  • Education: MS, Electronics and Computer Engieering, Hanyang University (2016); BS, Computer Science, Northwest A&F University (2012)
  • Contact: qibingjiang@knights.ucf.edu
Sudipto Baul
PhD Student
PhD Student in Computer Engineering
 
  • Research Interest: Application of Graph Deep Learning and Attention mechanism in Biological Data Analysis
  • Education: BS, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2019)
  • Contact: sudipto@knights.ucf.edu
Joseph Filipek
Masters Student

Masters Student in Computer Science

Thalia La Pommeray
Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science

Jose Hoyos Sanchez
Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science

Other Students Supervised by Dr. Zhang

  • William Chen (Fall 2020 – Fall 2021): Computer Science, Undergraduate Student, University of Central Florida (NSF REU Student). Current Position: Graduate Student at Carnegie Mellon University.
  • Heba Nassereddeen (Summer 2019 – Fall 2020): Computer Engineering, Undergraduate Student, University of Central Florida (NSF REU Student). Current Position: Software Engineer at L3Harris Technologies.
  • Milan Shah (Summer 2019): Computer Science Undergrad Student, Duke University (NSF REU Student). Current Position: Ph.D. Student at North Carolina State University.
  • Tara Rutkowski (Summer 2019 – Spring 2020): Statistics and Computer Science, Undergraduate Student, University of Central Florida (NSF REU Student). Current Position: Data Scientist at AArete.
  • Ity Bahadur (Spring 2019 – Fall 2019): Computer Science, MS student, University of Central Florida. Current Position: QA Automation Engineer at Zoox
  • Rajat Bhattacharjee (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019): Computer Engineering MS Student, University of Central Florida. Current Position: Software Engineer at Capital One.
  • Zhibo Wang (Spring 2018 – Spring 2019): Computer Science PhD Student, University of Central Florida.