Qian Liu, PhD
Ph.D. in Individual Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Manitoba
Recipient of CGEn HostSeq / CIHR Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship
Shujun Huang, PhD (Part-time)
PhD in Bioinformatics, University of Manitoba
Morgan He, MSc
MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo
BSc in Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
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
Yan Sun
Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Computer Science, UM
BSc/MSc in Department of Computer Science, Xiamen University, China
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung
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
Hamid Hadipour
MSc Candidate in the Department of Computer Science, UM
BSc in Computer Engineering, Islamic Azad University
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung
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
Saqib AI Islam
MSc Candidate in Department of Computer Science, UM
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carson K. Leung
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
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
Yu Shi
Ph.D. Candidate in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
MSc. in Biostatistics, Yale University, USA
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
We host CS, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Bioinformatics, (Bio)chemistry and Genetics Honor Thesis Project Students, Industrial Project Students, and Summer Research Students
Ziyang Xu
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University
Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award
Abhimanyu Mandal
Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology
Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award
Caiya Zhang
Department of Computer Science, Western University
Honour Thesis Project student
Period: 2022 Sep - Now
Lianghong Chen
Department of Computer Science, Western University
Honour Thesis Project student
Period: 2022 Sep - Now
Zihuai (Matthew) Huang
Medical Bioinformatics, Western University
Honour Thesis Project student
Period: 2022 Sep - Now
Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Professors
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)
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)
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
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
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
Youcheng Li
Artificial Intelligence, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award (Remote)
2022 Summer undergraduate student, Incoming Position (2023): 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.
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
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
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
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