Shujun Huang, PhD (Part-time)

PhD in Bioinformatics, University of Manitoba

Sugitha Janarthanan 

PhD student (Direct-Entry) in Machine Learning in Health and Biomedical Sciences, Western Univ.

BSc in Medical Bioinformatics, Western University

Gen Zhou

PhD student in the Department of Computer Science, Western University

MSc in Electrical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis.

BSc in Physics Base Class , Lanzhou University

Dongkyu Kim 

Accelerated MSc student in the Department of Biochemistry, Western University

BSc in Medical Science, Western University 

Kaitlyn Emily Wade  

MSc candidate in the Department of Computer Science, Western University 

BSc in the Department of Computer Science, Western University 

BSc in Medical Science, Western University 

Chutong (Alana) Deng  

MSc candidate in the Department of Computer Science, Western University 

BSc in Computer Science (International School),  Jinan University  

Recipient of  Mitacs Globalink Graduate Fellowship Award 

Lianghong Chen

MSc candidate in the Department of Computer Science, Western University 

BSc in the Department of Computer Science, Western University

Co-supervisor: Dr. Mike Domaratzki

Recipient of Vector Institute Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence

Zihuai (Matthew) Huang

MSc candidate in Machine Learning in Health and Biomedical Sciences, Western Univ.

BSc in Medical Bioinformatics, Western University

Recipient of Translational Breast Cancer Research Traineeship by Breast Cancer Canada

Yan Sun
Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Computer Science, UM

Visiting student, Western University
BSc/MSc in Department of Computer Science, Xiamen University
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung

Md. Mohaiminul Islam
Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba (UM)

MSc in the Department of Computer Science, UM
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yang Wang
Recipient of UMGF

Mohd Wasif Khan
Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, UM
MSc in Biotechnology in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India
Co-supervisor: Dr. Prashen Chelikani 

Leann Lac 
Ph.D. Candidate in Individual Interdisciplinary Studies, Departments of Computer Science and Statistics, UM
MSc. in Department of Statistics, UM

Recipient of The Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral Program (NSERC CGS-D)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung
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Hamid Hadipour
MSc Candidate in the Department of Computer Science, UM
BSc in Computer Engineering, Islamic Azad University
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung

We host CS, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Bioinformatics, (Bio)chemistry and Genetics Honor Thesis Project Students, Industrial Project Students, and Summer Research Students

William Chan

Department of Computer Science, Western University 

Honour Thesis Project student

David Weng

Medical Bioinformatics, Western University

Honour Thesis Project student

Julia Sawicka

Medical Sciences, Western University 

Undergraduate Researcher

Erin Lou

Medical Sciences, Western University 

Undergraduate Researcher

Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Professors

Qian Liu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. in Individual Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Manitoba

Recipient of  CGEn HostSeq / CIHR Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship

Period: Dec 2022 - Aug 2023. Current Position:  Assistant Professor, The Department of Applied Computer Science, The University of Winnipeg 

Dr. Yan Cheng
PhD. in Medical Genetics, Lanzhou University
Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Period: Aug 2016 - Aug 2017. Current Position: Associate Professor, Northwest University for Nationalities, China. 

Dr. Svetlana Frenkel
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD. in Computational Biology, University of Haifa, Israel 
Co-supervisor: Dr. Charles Bernstein
Recipient of “Poster of Distinction” award at 2017 American Gastroenterological Association’s (AGA) Digestive Disease Week
Period: Sep 2016 - Aug 2018. Current Position: Analyst in Department of Agriculture, Manitoba, Canada

Graduate Students (University of Manitoba)

Judah Zammit
MSc Candidate in the Department of Computer Science, UM
BSc. in Computer Science, University of Manitoba

Recipient of 2022 Research Manitoba Master's Studentship Award
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung
​Period: Sep. 2021 - Aug. 2023. Current Position: Data Analyst position at Strive Business Solutions

​Saqib AI Islam
MSc Candidate in Department of Computer Science, UM
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung

Period: Sep. 2021 - Aug. 2023

Qian Liu
Ph.D. Candidate in Individual Interdisciplinary Studies, Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Computer Science and Statistics, UM
MSc. in Bioinformatics in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics (BMG), UM
Recipient of the Best Oral Presentation Award in 2019 IEEE 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Conference
Recipient of Mindel Rady Olenick Fellowship in Human Genetics
Recipient of 2021 Research Manitoba Ph.D. Studentship Award
​Recipient of 2021 Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Graduate Scholarship

Period: Sep. 2019 - Dec 2022. Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Western University 

Daryl Fung
MSc in the Department of Computer Science, UM
BSc. in Computer Science, University of Manitoba

Recipient of 2021 Research Manitoba Master's Studentship Award
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung

Period: Jan. 2021 - Dec 2022. Current Position: Machine Learning Engineer, Signal Fusion, USA. 

Chengyou Liu
MSc  in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UM
B.Eng. in Electronic Information Science and Technology, Xiamen University, China
Co-supervisor: Dr. Bob McLeod
Period: Sep 2019 - April 2022. Current Position: Machine Learning Engineer, Aupera Technologies, Vancouver.. 

Hafsa Moontari Ali
MSc  in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science, UM
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yang Wang
Period: 2020 - Aug 2021. Current Position: Ph.D. student in computer science at Concordia University

Yong Won Jin
B.S. with high distinction  in  Science, University of Toronto

MSc. in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, UM
Period: Sep 2018 - Aug 2021.
Recipient of 2019 Research Manitoba Master's Studentship Award
Recipient of 2020 President’s Graduate Scholarship in Human Genetics
Period: Sep 2018 - July 2021.  Current Position: Platform Bioinformatician Lead, University of Manitoba

Shuo Jia
B.S.  in Life Science, Sichuan University, China
MSc. in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, UM
Period: May 2018 - April 2020. Current Position: Software Engineer in Amazon, Vancouver

Rayhan Shikder
B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
MSc. in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science, UM
Co-supervisor: Dr. Pourang Irani
Period: Sep 2017 - July 2019. Current Position: Software Engineer in Microsoft, Vancouver

Qian Liu
B.S.  in Medical Imaging, Sichuan University, China
MSc. in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, UM
Recipient of the Best Oral Presentation Award in 2019 IEEE 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Conference
Period: Sep 2017 - Aug 2019. Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate in Individual Interdisciplinary Studies, Departments of Computer Science and BMG, UM

Nikta Feizi
B.S.  in Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Tehran, Iran
MSc.in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, UM
Period: Sep 2017 - Aug 2019. Current Position: Bioinformatician at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto.

Jiaying You
B.S. in Computer Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
MSc  in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UM
Co-supervisor: Dr. Bob McLeod
Period: Sep 2016 - Oct 2018. Current Position: First Data Scientist, InVivo AI, Montreal; then Ph.D. student at The University of British Columbia

Md. Mohaiminul Islam
B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Chittagong
MSc  in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science, UM
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yang Wang

Recipient of 2016 Manitoba Graduate Scholarship
Period: Aug 2016 - Dec 2017. Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba

Rasif Ajwad
B.S. in Computer Science, Islamic University of Technology
MSc. in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science, UM
Co-supervisor: Dr. Michael Domaratzki
Period: Sep 2015 - Sep 2017. Current Position: Software Engineer in City of Winnipeg

Chen Chi
B.S. in Biology, University of British Columbia
MSc. in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, UM

Recipient of 2016-2017 Nancie J. Mauro Graduate Scholarship in Oncology Research
Recipient of 2016 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research – Semifinalist from ASHG
Recipient of Mindel and Tom Olenick Research Studentship in Medicine

Recipient of Phyllis J. McAlpine Graduate Fellowship
Period: May 2015 - June 2017. Current Position: Senior Performance Analyst, BC Public Service, Vancouver. 

Kaiqiong Zhao
B.S. in Statistics, Beijing Institute of Technology
MSc. in Bioinformatics in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, UM
Period: Sep 2014 - Aug 2016. Current Position: first Ph.D. candidate in biostatistics at McGill University,  Now Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University

Shujun Huang
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics in College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
Supervisor: Dr. Ted Lakowski
My role is in project-based supervision on bioinformatics
Period: May 2018 - March 2020. Current Position: Research Programmer in BC Cancer Genome Science Center, Vancouver

Graduate Students (University of Toronto)

Shijie Min

MSc in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

B.S.in Statistics, University of Toronto 

Yuxin Shi

MSc in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

B.S.in Statistics, University of Toronto 

Supervisor:  Dr. Frank Wendt ; Co-supervisor: Dr. Pingzhao Hu

Jiahui Zhang 
Ph.D. Candidate in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

MSc. in Biostatistics, University of Toronto

Supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu; Co-supervisor: Dr. Pingzhao Hu

Yu Shi 
Ph.D. Candidate in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

MSc. in Biostatistics, Yale University, USA

ZhenHuan Xu

MSc in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

B.S. and MSc  in life science, University of Toronto 

Period: September 2022 - August 2023

Boyuan Liu
B.S./MSc in Science, University of Toronto
MSc in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Period: September 2021 - August 2022. Current Position: Computational Biologist in Roche Canada.

Eric Lin
B.S.  in Health Science and Statistics, University of Toronto
MSc in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Period: September 2021 - August 2022. Current Position: Software Engineer in Google, USA.

Zhongyuan Zhang 
MSc. in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
B.S.  in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Waterloo
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu
Period: September 2019 - August 2021. Current Position: PhD candidate in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Yao Li
B.S. and MSc.  in Mathematics, University of Waterloo
Ph.D. candidate in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu
Period: September 2020 - August 2021. Current Position: PhD candidate in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Xu Li 
B.S.  in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Toronto
MSc. in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Period: September 2020 - August 2021.  Current Position: Data Scientist in Just Energy, Toronto

Haiying Zhu
B.S.  in Mathematics, University of Waterloo
MSc. in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Period: September 2020 - August 2021. 

Bowen Cheng
B.S.  in Statistics, University of Toronto
MSc. in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Period: September 2019 - August 2020. Current Position: Graduate student at the University of Toronto

Andrew Tran
B.S.  in Medical Sciences, University of Western Ontario
MSc. in Biostatistics (Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Science), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Co-supervisor: Dr. Claudia DosSantos
Period: September 2019 - August 2020. Current Position: Medical school (BSc Medicine) student at University of Ottawa

Jiahui Zhang
B.S.  in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Waterloo
MSc. in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu
Period: Sep 2017 - July 2019. Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Fei Zuo
B.S.  in Genetics, University of Toronto
MSc. in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu
Period: Sep 2018 - July 2019. Current Position: Research Biostatistician in St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

Wenxin Jiang
B.Eng.  in Electronic Information Engineering, Bei Hang University, China
MSc. in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu
Period: Sep 2016 - July 2017. Current Position: Analyst in Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto

Bingqing Shen
B.S. in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
MSc. in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Period: Oct 2015 - Jan 2016. Current Position: Information Management Analyst position in Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto

Chris Walsh
Ph.D. in Medicine, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Dr. Claudia Santos
My role is in project-based supervision on bioinformatics
Period: Feb 2014 - Jul 2019. Current Position: Respirologist at Toronto East Health Network

Mitacs Globalink Students

Ziyang Xu
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University

Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award

2023 Summer undergraduate student, 

Abhimanyu Mandal

Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology

Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award
2023 Summer undergraduate student, 

Youcheng Li
Artificial Intelligence, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award (Remote)
2022 Summer undergraduate student, Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate in School of Artificial Intelligence at Peking University 

Wentao Xie
Computer Science, Beihang University, China

Mitacs Globalink Research  Internship Award
2021 Summer undergraduate student, Current Position:  MSc Candidate in University of Alberta

Yongye Su
School of Data & Computer Science. Sun Yat-sen University
Mitacs Globalink Research  Internship Award
​Research published on Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine as a first author
2021 Summer undergraduate student, Current Position:  PhD Candidate in Computer Science in Purdue University, USA

Peiran Jiang
Bioinformatics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research  Internship Award
Winner of Best Basic Research Presentation at 2019 CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute Summer Student Symposium
Research published on Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal as a first author
2019 Summer undergraduate student. Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate in Computational Biology/Computer Science in Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Zexuan Sun
Statistics and Mathematics, Wuhan University, China
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research  Internship Award
Summer research published on Bioinformatics as a first author
2019 Summer undergraduate student. Current Position:  PhD Candidate in Statistics in the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

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Xinyu Hou
Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research  Internship Award
Recipient of the Best Paper Presentation Award (summer research) in 11th International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing
2018 Summer undergraduate student. Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Science in University of  Oxford, UK

Linfan Zhang
Statistics, Zhejiang University, China
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research  Internship Award
Summer research published on Frontiers in Genetics as a first author.
2016 Summer undergraduate student. Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in Statistics at University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Masami Ando Kuri
Genome Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research  Internship Award
2015 Summer undergraduate student, Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cambridge, UK

Xiaohui Ding
Mathematics and Statistics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research  Internship Award
2015 Summer undergraduate student. Current Position: MSc student in Data Mining in Nanjing University, China

Undergraduate Students

Dongkyu Kim 

Department of Biochemistry, Western University 

Honour Thesis Project student

Period: 2023 May - 2023 Aug. Current Position: Accelerated MSc student, Western University

Derek Ma

Engineering Science, University of Toronto

Summer Research Student

Period: 2023 May - 2023 July

Caiya Zhang

Department of Computer Science, Western University 

Honour Thesis Project student

Period: 2022 Sep -2023 Aug. Current Position: MSc student in Computer Science. McGill University

Lianghong Chen

Department of Computer Science, Western University 

Honour Thesis Project student

Period: 2022 Sep - 2023 Aug. Current Position: MSc student in computer science, Western Univ.

Zihuai (Matthew) Huang

Medical Bioinformatics, Western University

Honour Thesis Project student

Period: 2022 Sep - 2023 May. Current Position: MSc student in Machine Learning in Health and Biomedical Sciences, Western Univ.

Madison Reed
Honours Bachelor of Science in Genetics, University of Manitoba
Honour Thesis Project Student
Period: 2021 Sep - 2022 Apr

Katerina (Christiana) Cholakis
Mathematics and Biology, St. Olaf College, USA
2021 Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award from CHI
​Period: 2021 May - 2021 Aug.

Judah Zammit 
Computer Science, University of Manitoba
2021 Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award from RIOH
Winner of the Best Research Presentation at 2021 CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute Summer Student Symposium
Period: 2021 May -  2021 Aug. Current Position: MSc student in Computer Science, UM

Yolanda Ding
Medical Science, University of Western Ontario
2020 Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award from CHI
Period: May 2020 - August 2020

Yun Xu
Neuroscience and Statistics, University of Toronto (UT)
2020 Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award from RIOH
​Period: September 2019 - August 2020. Current Position: MSc student in biostatistics, UT
Summer research published on Frontiers in Pharmacology as a first author.

Daryl Fung (Co-supervised with Carson Kai-Sang Leung)
Honours Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Honour Thesis Project Student
Period: May 2020 - August 2020; Current Position: MSc candidate in Computer Science in UM
Thesis research published on Journal of Translational Medicine as a first author.

Judah Zammit (Co-supervised with Carson Kai-Sang Leung)
Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Industrial project Student
Period: May 2020 - August 2020; Current Position: MSc candidate in Computer Science in UM
Research published on BMC Bioinformatics as a first author.

Lukas Timmerman (Co-supervised with Dr. Silvia Cardona and Dr. Rebecca Davis)
Co-op Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Period: September 2019 - April 2020

Allan Bruinooge
Honours Bachelor of Science in Genetics, University of Manitoba
Honour Thesis Project Student
Period: September 2019 - August 2020; Current Position: MSc candidate in UM
Thesis research published on Genomics as a first author.

Lourens Jacobs
BSc Medicine,  University of Manitoba
BSc Med Summer Studentship
Period: May 2018 - August 2019.

Katerina (Christiana) Cholakis
Mathematics and Biology, St. Olaf College, USA
2019 Summer undergraduate student.
Period: May 2019 - August 2019.

Liam Grenier
Bachelor of Science,  University of Manitoba
Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award from CHRIM
Current Position: Medical school (BSc Medicine) student at University of Manitoba
Research published on Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal as a first author.

Nikho Hizon
Honours Bachelor of Science in Genetics, University of Manitoba
Period: September 2016 - August 2017. Current Position: MSc candidate in Medical Genetics in University of Manitoba

Huyen Le (Co-supervised with Dr. Yang Wang)
Math and Statistics, University of Manitoba
2015 Summer undergraduate student. Now at Field Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto

Jessica Bondoc (Co-supervised with Dr. Kevin Coombs)
Statistics and Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Recipient of CIHR Undergraduate Summer Student Health Research Award, 2015
Period: May 2015 - Apr 2016

Research Associates and Co-op Students

Morgan He, MSc

MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo

BSc in Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Research Associate. Period : October 2022 - October 2023.

Philippe Simon 

Ph.D. in Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba 

Supervisor: Dr. Darwyn Kobasa. My role is in project-based supervision on bioinformatics

Period: 2014-2015. Current Position: Medical student at University Laval

Justin Zhang (Co-supervised with Dr. Ron Beavis) 

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University 

B.S. in Bioinformatics, Simon Fraser University

Bioinformatician. Period: 2014-2015, now at Cancer Care Manitoba

Cynthia Kpekpen (Co-supervised with Dr. Lisa Lix)

MSc. in Statistics, University of Manitoba

Summer Student in 2014