The Computational and Systems Biology (CaSB) Interdepartmental Program is administered by a committee of faculty from several departments in the College of Letters and Science, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the David Geffen School of Medicine. The CaSB Advisory Committee is the primary voting and administrative body for the program. In addition to the Advisory Committee, CaSB also has Affiliated Faculty who are identified for their contributions to research and scholarship in the field of computational biology.

Affiliated Faculty

The CaSB Affiliated Faculty List is composed of faculty who are engaged in research and scholarship related to the field of computational biology. The primary goal of the CaSB Affiliated Faculty List is to help students identify potential research labs and advisors for the purpose of completing their senior research thesis, but students are not restricted to choosing from this list.

FacultyDepartments/ProgramsRelevant CaSB Concentrations
Prof. Frank AlberMicrobiology, Immunology & Molecular GeneticsBioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences
Prof. Anastassia N. AlexandrovaChemistry & BiochemistryDynamical Modeling
Prof. Michael AlfaroEcology & Evolutionary BiologyBiological Data Sciences
Prof. Corey ArnoldRadiology, Pathology, Bioengineering, Electrical & Computer EngineeringBiological Data Sciences
Prof. Amjad AskaryMCDBBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Paul BoutrosGenetics, Urology, BioinformaticsBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Siobhan BraybrookMolecular, Cell, and Developmental BiologyBioinformatics, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Jeffrey ChiangNeurosurgery; Computational MedicineBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Hilary CollerMCDB, Biological Chemistry, MBIBioinformatics
Prof. Eric DeedsIntegrative Biology and PhysiologyBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Joe Distefano IIIComputer Science and Medicine Dynamical Modeling
Prof. David EisenbergBiological Chemistry & Chemistry & BiochemistryBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Eskin EleazarComputational Medicine, Computer Science, Human GeneticsBioinformatics
Prof. Nandita GarudEcology and Evolutionary Biology, Human GeneticsBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Thomas Graeber Molecular and medical pharmacologyBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Neil HarrisNeurosurgery; Neuroscience IDP, IDDRCBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Alexander HoffmannMIMG, QCBio, CaSBBioinformatics, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Tzung HsiaiDepartment of Medicine and BioengineeringBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. William HsuRadiological Sciences (primary), Bioengineering (joint)Bioinformatics
Prof. teD IwasakiMechanical and Aerospace EngineeringDynamical Modeling
Prof. Jonathan KaoElectrical & Computer Engineering; Neurosciences IDPBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Jingyi Jessica LiDepartment of Statistics and Data Science; Department of Biostatistics; Department of Computational Medicine; Department of Human Genetics; Bioinformatics IDPBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. James Lloyd-SmithEcology & Evolutionary Biology, Computational MedicineBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Kirk LohmuellerEcology & Evolutionary Biology; Genetics & Genomics; BioinformaticsBioinformatics
Prof. Mayank MehtaPhysics, Neurology, ECEBioinformatics
Prof. Aaron MeyerBioengineering, BioinformaticsBiological Data Science
Prof. Roel OphoffPsychiatry and Human GeneticsBiological Data Science
Prof. Paivi PajukantaHuman GeneticsBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Noa Pinter-WollmanEcology & Evolutionary BiologyBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Mason PorterMathematics; SociologyBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Margot QuinlanChemistry and Biochemistry, MBIDynamical Modeling
Prof. Anil SapruPediatrics Biological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Van SavageEcology and Evolutionary Biology; Computational MedicineBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Pavak ShahMCDB, MBIDP, Bioinformatics, MCIPBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Rachel ShahanMCDBBioinformatics
Prof. Marc SuchardBiostatisticsBiological Data Science
Prof. Demetri TerzopoulosComputer Science DepartmentDynamical Modeling
Prof. Morgan TingleyEEB, IoESBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Michael R. van DamMolecular and Medical Pharmacology, Bioengineering, Physics and Biology in MedicineBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Shenshen WangPhysics & AstronomyDynamical Modeling
Prof. Stephanie WhiteIntegrative Biology and Physiology, NeuroscienceBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Jennifer WilsonBioengineering, BioinformaticsBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Roy WollmanIntegrative Biology and Physiology, Chemistry and BiochemistryBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Xinshu Grace XiaoIntegrative Biology and PhysiologyBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Afshar YaldaObstetrics and Gynecology, Molecular Biology InstituteBiological Data Science, Dynamical Modeling
Prof. Xia YangIBPBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics
Prof. Xiangdong William YangDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral SciencesBiological Data Science
Prof. Lili YangMIMG, BSCRC, JCCC, MBI, I3TBioinformatics
Prof. Jie ZhengOphthalmologyBiological Data Science, Bioinformatics, Dynamical Modeling

CaSB Advisory Committee 2021-2022

  • Prof. Matteo Pellegrini, Chair
  • Prof. Xia Yang, Vice Chair
  • Prof. Eric Deeds
  • Prof. Nandita Garud
  • Prof. Alexander Hoffmann
  • Prof. Shantanu Joshi
  • Prof. Jamie Lloyd-Smith
  • Prof. Aaron Meyer
  • Prof. Van Savage
  • Prof. Roy Wollman
  • Prof. Grace Xia
  • Andrew Bennecke (student member)
  • Defne Ercelen (student member)