An International Team of Experts
The scientists of COV-IRT bring together their unique domains of expertise to improve the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team members are participating and contributing their talents as individuals, not as representatives of their respective employers across academia, government, industry, and research institutions.
ACADEMIA
Baylor College of Medicine
Kjersti Marie Aagaard
Professor
Prenatal Clinical Perspectives
Michael D. Jochum
Postdoc
Sample & Data Collection and Analysis
Jeffrey Rogers
Professor
Nonhuman Primate Genetic Modelling
Fritz Sedlazeck
Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics & Data Analysis
Medhat Mahmoud
Postdoc – Sedlazeck Lab
Bioinformatics & Data Analysis
Saumik Dana
Scientific Programmer
Bioinformatic Analysis
Boston University School of Medicine
Franklin & Marshall College
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Getúlio Vargas Foundation)
Alberto Paccanaro
Professor
Machine Learning & Computational Biology
Suzana Santos
Post Doc – Paccanaro Lab
Machine Learning & Computational Biology
Mateo Torres
Post Doc – Paccanaro Lab
Machine Learning & Computational Biology
Diego Galeano
Post Doc – Paccanaro Lab
Machine Learning & Computational Biology
Georgetown University
Juan Saavedra
Adjunct Professor
Physiology & Pharmacology
Giuseppe Astarita
PI
Metabolomics & Lipidomics
Georgia State University
Mohammad Javad Feizollahi
Assistant Professor
Data Curation
Maryam Ghotbaddini
MSc Student
Data Analysis
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dan Cornforth
Postdoc – Whiteley Lab
Microbial Analysis
Marvin Whiteley
Professor and Co-Director
Microbial Analysis and RNA Sequencing
Andrew Conley
Bioinformatics Scientist – Jordan Lab
Analysis Assistance
King Jordan
Professor and Director
RNA-Seq Data Ancestry Analysis
Shashwat Nagar
Grad Student – Jordan Lab
Analysis Assistance
Lavanya Rishishwar
Team Lead – Jordan Lab
Analysis Assistance
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Christian Münch
Group Leader
Mitochondrial Analysis & Quantitative Proteomics
Iowa State University
Urminder Singh
Grad Student
Bioinformatics & Machine Learning
Eve Wurtele
PI, Professor
Bioinformatic and Metabolic Analysis, Orphan Gene Expert
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Stephen Baylin
Professor
Inflammation and Epigenetics
Michael Topper
Instructor
Epigenetics
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Ivo Grosse
PI
Bioinformatic Analysis
Morehouse School of Medicine
Robert Meller
Associate Professor
Bioinformatic Analysis
Oregon Health and Science University
Nicole Vasilevsky
Assistant Professor
Clinical Data Analysis
Melissa Haendel
Director, Translational Data Science
Phenotyping, Informatics, & Genetics
Politecnico di Milano (Polytechnic University of Milan)
Tommaso Fontana
Grad Student
Machine Learning & Knowledge Graph Development
Queen’s University Belfast
Willian da Silveira
Research Fellow
Analysis Assistance
Johnatas Dutra Silva
Research Fellow
Analysis Assistance & Pulmonary Consultation
Rice University
Lydia Kavraki
Professor
Computer Science
Kathryn Kundrod
Graduate Student
Diagnostics
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Director, Professor
Bioengineering
Vicky Yao
Assistant Professor
Analysis Assistance
Leo Elworth
Postdoc – Treangen Lab
Analysis Assistance
Huw Ogilvie
Postdoc
Analysis Assistance
Nicolae Sapoval
Grad Student – Treangen Lab
Bioinformatic Analysis
Todd J. Treangen
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Leadership
Sherry Gao
Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Therapeutics
Rob Raphael
Professor
Biophysics & Bioengineering
Luay Nakhleh
Professor
Phylogenomics, Population Genomics, & Evolutionary Analyses
Kristen Curry
Grad Student
Microbial & Metagenomic Computational Analyses
Winnie Li
Student – Treangen Lab
Microbial & Metagenomic Computational Analyses
Yilei Fu
PhD Candidate – Treangen Lab
Viral & Microbial Computational Analyses
Yunxi Liu
PhD Candidate – Treangen Lab
Viral Analyses
Advait Balaji
PhD Candidate – Treangen Lab
Viral Analyses
Carla Sipahioglu
Student
Microbial Analyses
Michael Nute
Post Doc
Bioinformatic Analysis
Royal Holloway University of London
Alberto Paccanaro
PI
Machine Learning & Computational Biology
Rush University Medical Center
Namni Goel
PI
Chronobiological Analyses
San Jose State University
Anupama Kozhiyalam
Research Associate
Bioprocessing
Stanford University
Tejaswini Mishra
Research Scientist
Biomonitoring & Correlation of Results
Alokkumar Jha
Instructor of Medicine
Multi-Dimensional Disease Modelling
Texas A&M College of Medicine
Paul J. Defigueiredo
Associate Professor
Microbial Pathogenesis
Fen Wang
Professor
Modelling & Clinical Result Interpretation
Texas Advanced Computing Center
John Fonner
Research Associate
Modeling & Bioinformatic Analysis
University of California San Diego
Kathleen Fisch
Executive Director
Bioinformatics & Data Analysis
Sara Brin Rosenthal
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
Analysis & Drug Design
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Robert Griffin
Professor
Radiation and Cancer Biology
Peter Corry
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Oncology
University of Chicago
Kyle Hernandez
Assistant Professor
Data Analysis
LaRon Hughes
Clinical Data Curator
Assist with Clinical Data
Lilia Becker
Student
Computer Programming
Viktorija Zaksas
Senior Analyst
Software Development & Data Analysis
University of Colorado Boulder
Anushree Chatterjee
Assistant Professor
Diagnostic and Therapeutic R&D
Tiffany J. Callahan
PhD Candidate
Computational Bioscience
Mirela Alistar
Assistant Professor
Microbial Analyses & Therapeutics
Computational Analysis & Computer Programming
Universidade da Coruña
Susana Ladra
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics Algorithm Design
Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan)
Elena Casiraghi
Associate Professor
X-Ray Imaging & Covid-19 Risk Prediction Methods
Luca Cappelletti
PhD Candidate
X-Ray Imaging & Covid-19 Risk Prediction Methods
Gabriel Tavares
PhD Candidate
X-Ray Imaging & Covid-19 Risk Prediction Methods
Dario Malchiodi
Associate Professor
Machine Learning & Bioinformatic Analysis
Jessica Gliozzo
PhD Candidate
X-Ray Imaging & COVID-19 Risk Prediction Methods
Marco Frasca
Assistant Professor
X-Ray Imaging & COVID-19 Risk Prediction Methods
Giorgio Valentini
Professor
Machine Learning for Precision Medicine, X-Ray Imaging & COVID-19 Risk Prediction Methods
Gabriella Trucco
Assistant Professor
X-Ray Imaging & Covid-19 Risk Prediction Methods
University of Helsinki
Leena Salmela
Academy of Finland Research Fellow
Genome Assembly & COVID-19 Population Genetics
University of Iowa
Arman Mikaili
Staff
Data Analysis
University of Lisbon
Francisco “Paco” Enguita
Professor
Analysis & Drug Design
University of Maryland
Donald K. Milton
Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health
Feyruz Rassool
PI, Professor
DNA Damage and Repair
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Matt Frieman
Associate Professor
Drug Screening & Testing
University of North Carolina
Jonathan Cummings Schisler
Assistant Professor
Aging & Data Analysis
University of Oklahoma
Talayeh Razzaghi
Assistant Professor
Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics in Healthcare
University of Pennsylvania
Mingyao Li
Professor
Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, & Transcriptomics
University of Puerto Rico
Vidya Manian
Professor
Analysis Assistance
University of Sao Paulo
Daniel Tiezzi
Professor
Analysis Assistance & Clinical Applications
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston
Blake Hanson
Assistant Professor
Bioinformatic Analysis & Sequencing
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
Bernard Fongang
Assistant Professor
Bioinformatic and Computational Biology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Mark Emmett
Professor
Glycolosis & Testing
Anna Nia
MD-PhD Candidate
Bioengineering & Pathway Analysis
Universidade de Vigo
David Posada
Professor
COVID-19 Modelling
Universitat de València
Fernando Gonzalez Candelas
Professor
Virology
University of Washington
Eliah G. Overbey
PhD Candidate
Epigenetics Analysis
University of Wisconsin
Clark Xu
Research Data Analyst
Bioinformatic Analysis & Machine Learning
Utah State University
Som Dutta
Assistant Professor
Analysis of Aerosol Dynamics
Weill Cornell Medical College
Jonathan Foox
Postdoc – Mason Lab
RNA Sequencing Assistance
Christopher E. Mason
Associate Professor, Director
RNA-Seq Data Provision & Analysis
Cem Meydan
Research Associate – Mason Lab
RNA Sequencing Assistance
GOVERNMENT
Department of Homeland Security/National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
Adam Bazinet
Bioinformatics Principal Investigator, NBACC
Research
NASA Ames Research Center
Afshin Beheshti
Bioinformatician
Leadership
Jared Broddrick
Postdoc
Microbial Analysis
Catharine Conley
Research Scientist
Mathematical Modeling & Microbial Analysis
Sylvain V. Costes
Project Manager
Mathematical Modeling
Craig Everroad
Research Scientist
Microbial Analysis Assistance
Vanesa Gomez Gonzalez
Senior Software Engineer
Quantum Computing
Sharon Grim
Postdoc
Microbial Analysis Assistance
Mike Lee
Postdoc
Microbial Analysis Assistance
Paula Maza
Postdoc
Microbial Analysis Assistance
Eloise Pariset
Postdoc – Costes Lab
Mathematical Modeling
Sigrid S. Reinsch
Research Scientist
Outreach & Virology Consulting
Amanda M. Saravia-Butler
Bioinformatics Scientist
Bioinformatics Assistance
Kenny Vassigh
Chief Systems Architect & Systems Engineer
Mathematical Modeling
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Patrick Dunn
ImmPort Data Acquisition and Distribution Manager
Data Curation
Sonja Best
Chief of the Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit
Mitochondrial Analysis
San Antonio Military Health System
Giovanni Lorenz
Cardiothoracic Radiologist
Imaging Analysis
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Simon Pollett
Principal Investigator
Viral Genome Sequencing & Bioinformatic and Variant Analysis
Irina Maljkovic Berry
Principal Investigator
Viral Genome Sequencing & Bioinformatic and Variant Analysis
INDUSTRY
AUM LifeTech, Inc.
Veenu Aishwarya
Chief Executive Officer
RNA-targeting Therapeutics
DNAnexus
Jason Chin
Sr. Director, Deep Learning in Genomics
Computing & Bioinformatics Analysis
Arkarachai Fungtammasan
Sr. Computational Biology Research Scientist
Statistical Genomics & Computational Biology
Inscripta, Inc.
Ian Fiddes
Senior Manager of Content and Curation
Computational Biology
Elizabeth Vitalis
Biosecurity Specialist
Biomedical Science
IQT Labs
JJ Ben-Joseph
Staff Scientist
Machine Learning & Computer Science
Benjamin Lee
Grad Student
Computational Analysis & Viral Evolution
KBR
Bianca Cerqueira
Data Analyst
Big Data Analysis & Grant Writing
Timothy W. Smith
Program Manager
Cost Proposals & Contract Management
Netrias, LLC
Mohammed Eslami
Chief Data Scientist/Co-Founder
Computational Analysis & Software Engineering
New England Biolabs
Brad Langhorst
Group Leader
Bioinformatic Analysis
RadBioX
J. Tyson Mcdonald
Assistant Professor
Bioinformatic Analysis
Real Networks
Reza Rassool
Chief Technology Officer
Computer Vision & Data Science
Signature Science, LLC
Krista Ternus
Genomics Specialist in Biological Sciences
Microbial & Data Analysis
Brian Schimmoller
Vice President
Outreach
Renee Williams
Manager
Outreach
Stephen Turner
S&T Advisor
Bioinformatic Analysis
Stephanie Guertin
Staff Scientist
Microbial Analysis
Jim Gibson
Senior Design Specialist
Website Design & Graphic Illustration
Springbok LLC
Raymond LeClair
Independent Consultant
Computational Analysis & Software Engineering
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.
Eric Lim
Assistant Director, Bioinformatics
Computational Analysis
Zero Day Nutrition
Joey Savage
Nutritional Scientist, CSO
Mitochondrial Analysis
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Center of Cancer Systems Biology
Philip Hahnfeldt
Senior Investigator
Mathematics and Modelling
Lynn Hlatky
Director
Systems Biology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Batsal Devkota
Supervisory Bioinformatics Scientist
Genomics & Data Analysis
Joseph M. Dybas
Postdoc
Virology & Analysis
Mansuck Kim
Bioinformatics Scientist
Metabolic Modelling
Komal Rathi
Bioinformatics Scientist
Analysis & Microbiology
Erin R. Reichenberger
Bioinformatics Engineer
Database Consulting & Microbiomic Analysis
Benjamin J. Stear
Bioinformatics Engineer
Analysis & Coding
Aliza Yousey
Research Assistant
Administration
Deanne M. Taylor
Director of Bioinformatics, Research Assistant Professor
RNA-Seq Cloud Analytics
Larry N. Singh
Research Scientist
Mitochondrial Bioinformatics and Genomics
Douglas Wallace
Director
Mitochondrial Consultation
Adam C. Resnick
Director D3B
Analysis
Yuankun Zhu
Bioinformatics Scientist
Pipeline/Cloud Consulting
Miguel Brown
Bioinformatics Engineer
Pipeline/Cloud Consulting
Daniel Miller
Bioinformatics Scientist
Pipeline/Cloud Consulting
Allison Heath
Director of Data Technology and Innovation
Pipeline/Cloud Consulting
Todd Kilbaugh
Medical Director, Associate Professor
COVID-19 Pediatrics
Nadir Yehya
Assistant Professor
Clinical Data Collection & Curation
Ammar Naqvi
Bioinformatics Scientist
Bioinformatic Analysis
Hossein Fazelinia
Research Scientist (Proteomics)
Proteomics & Mitochondrial Analysis
Joe Guarnieri
Postdoc – Wallace Lab
Mitochondrial Analysis
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Bruce Aronow
Professor
Computational Genetics & Developmental Biology
Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Hospital
Andrea Esposito
Radiologist
X-Ray Imaging & Covid-19 Risk Prediction Methods
Alessandro Jachetti
MD, Clinical Researcher
X-Ray Imaging & Covid-19 Risk Prediction Methods
The Forsyth Institute
Markus Hardt
Assistant Member of the Staff
Sample Collection & COVID-19 Testing
Houston Methodist
John Cooke
Director, Professor
RNA Therapeutics
Sonia Villapol
Assistant Professor
Neurological Analysis & Sample Collection
Humanitas Research Hospital in Milan
Caterina Giannitto
Radiologist
XRay Imaging & Covid-19 Risk Prediction Methods
Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia
Iñaki Comas Espadas
Group Leader
Viral Analyses
Galo Goig
Postdoc – Comas Espadas Lab
Viral Analyses
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Alberto Dávila
Senior Researcher
Bioinformatic Analysis & Sequencing