Brett McKinney, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Warren Endowed Professor in Bioinformatics
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Mathematics
Director, Neuroscience Institute for Complex Adaptive Systems (NICAS)
Director, Master’s Program in Computer Science
Phi Beta Kappa honor society executive committee TU Chapter

University of Tulsa
Office: Rayzor Hall 2145
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Lab
Lab: Rayzor Hall 2058

Current Students

Elizabeth Kresock, MS Computer Science
PhD Student, Computer Science, University of Tulsa

Jamie Li, MS
PhD Student, Computer Science, University of Tulsa

Lily Clough, BA Math and Chemistry, MS Geosciences
PhD Student, Computer Science, University of Tulsa

Previous Members

PhD

Bryan Dawkins, Ph.D.
Mathematics, 2020
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Marziyeh Arabnejad Khanouki, Ph.D.
Computer Science, 2020

Matt Moradi, Ph.D.
Computer Science, 2020
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow

Saeid Parvandeh, Ph.D.
Computer Science, 2018
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
Baylor College of Medicine

Trang Lê, Ph.D.
Applied Mathematics, 2017
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania

Bahareh Rahmani, Ph.D.
Computer Science, 2016
Currently: Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Fontbonne University

Nick Davis, Ph.D.
Computer Science, 2012

M.S.

Anush Shrestha, MS
Computer Science, 2019

Sara Mohammadi, Graduate Student
Computer Science, University of Tulsa

Ahwan Pandey, M.S.
Computer Science, 2012

Jingyu Guo, Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Genetics Graduate Program
University of Alabama School of Medicine

Undergraduate Researchers

Sara Douglas, B.S.
Biology and Computer Science, 2017
Currently: Epic, informatics

Zach Osman, B.S.
Physics, 2017
Currently: Tulsa Public Schools

Caleb Lareau, B.S.
Chemistry and Mathematics, 2015
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow

Tricity Andrew, B. S.
Mathematics, 2014
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow

Matt Kocisak, B. S.
Mathematics, 2014

Michael Presley, B.S.
Department of Chemistry
University of Tulsa

Chris Johnson, B.S.
Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
University of Tulsa

Research Staff and Post-doctoral

Bill White, M.S.
Research Associate Programmer

Dehua Tian, M.S
Programmer
Department of Genetics
University of Alabama School of Medicine

Nicholas M. Pajewski, Ph.D.
UAB Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistical Sciences
Wake Forest School of Medicine