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.
| Faculty | Departments/Programs | Relevant CaSB Concentrations |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Frank Alber | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Anastassia N. Alexandrova | Chemistry & Biochemistry; California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) | Biomedical Systems |
| Prof. Michael Alfaro | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Priyanga Amarasekare | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Corey Arnold | Radiology; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Bioengineering | Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems |
| Prof. Amjad Askary | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | Systems Biology, Biological Data Sciences, Bioinformatics |
| Prof. Siobhan Braybrook | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology; Bioengineering (affiliate) | Bioinformatics, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Tom Chou | Computational Medicine; Mathematics | Biomedical Systems, Neurosystems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Hilary Coller | Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology; Biological Chemistry | Bioinformatics, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Eric J. Deeds | Integrative Biology & Physiology | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Dino Di Carlo | Bioengineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Biomedical Systems |
| Prof. Joe DiStefano III | Computer Science; Medicine; Bioengineering | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems, Neurosystems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Eleazar Eskin | Computational Medicine; Computer Science; Human Genetics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems |
| Prof. Nandita Garud | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems |
| Prof. Daniel Geschwind | Neurology; Psychiatry; Human Genetics; Bioinformatics; Neuroscience; Genetics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Thomas Graeber | Molecular & Medical Pharmacology | Bioinformatics, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Alexander Hoffmann | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | Bioinformatics, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Tzung Hsiai | Bioengineering; Cardiovascular Medicine | Biomedical Systems |
| Prof. teD iwasaki | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | Neurosystems |
| Prof. Shantanu H. Joshi | Neurology | Biomedical Systems, Neurosystems |
| Prof. Jonathan Kao | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Biological Data Sciences, Neurosystems |
| Prof. Kenneth Lange | Human Genetics; Biomathematics; Statistics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Alexander Levine | Physics & Astronomy; Chemistry & Biochemistry | Neurosystems |
| Prof. Jingyi Jessica Li | Statistics; Human Genetics; Computational Medicine; Biostatistics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences |
| Prof. Jamie Lloyd-Smith | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; Computational Medicine | Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Mayank Mehta | Physics & Astronomy; Neurology | Neurosystems (primarily but could be applicable to any concentration), Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems |
| Prof. Aaron Meyer | Bioengineering; Bioinformatics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Bogdan Pasaniuc | Computational Medicine; Human Genetics; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences |
| Prof. Matteo Pellegrini | Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology | Bioinformatics |
| Prof. Harold Pimentel | Computational Medicine; Human Genetics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences |
| Prof. Noa Pinter-Wollman | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Mason A. Porter | Mathematics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences, Neurosystems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Margot Quinlan | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Systems Biology |
| Prof. Marcus Roper | Mathematics | Biomedical Systems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Amy Rowat | Integrative Biology & Physiology | Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Van M. Savage | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; Computational Medicine; Quantitative & Computational Biosciences (QCB) Institute; Computational & Systems Biology | Systems Biology, Biological Data Sciences |
| Prof. Fabien Scalzo | Neurology; Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering | Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems, Neurosystems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Mary E. Sehl, MD, PhD | Medicine-Division of Hematology-Oncology; Computational Medicine | Systems Biology |
| Prof. Pavak K. Shah | Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology Institute (MBIDP), QC BIO Institute, Brain Research Institute | Biological Data Sciences, Neurosystems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Marc A. Suchard | Biostatistics; Computational Medicine; Human Genetics | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences |
| Prof. Demetri Terzopoulos | Computer Science | Biomedical Systems, Neurosystems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Morgan Tingley | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Biological Data Sciences |
| Prof. R. Michael van Dam | Molecular & Medical Pharmacology; Bioengineering; Physics & Biology in Medicine | Biomedical Systems |
| Prof. Sharmila Venugopal | Integrative Biology & Physiology; Life Sciences Core Education | Neurosystems, Biomedical Systems, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics |
| Prof. Shenshen Wang | Physics & Astronomy | Biomedical Systems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Stephanie A. White | Integrative Biology & Physiology; Neuroscience | Bioinformatics, Neurosystems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Jennifer L. Wilson | Bioengineering; Affiliated with Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center | Systems Biology, Biological Data Sciences |
| Prof. Roy Wollman | Integrative Biology & Physiology; Chemistry & Biochemistry | Biological Data Sciences, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Xinshu (Grace) Xiao | Integrative Biology & Physiology | Bioinformatics |
| Prof. Xia Yang | Integrative Biology & Physiology | Biological Data Sciences, Biomedical Systems, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Jasmine Zhou | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Bioinformatics, Biological Data Sciences |
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)