Members

Elham Azizi
Herbert & Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cancer Data Research, Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Computer Science
Affiliated Member, Data Science Institute
Columbia University

Elham completed her postdoctoral training in the Dana Pe’er Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Computational & Systems Biology) and Columbia University (Biological Sciences). She received a PhD in Bioinformatics from Boston University, advised by James Galagan (Biomedical Engineering, BU) and Edoardo Airoldi (Statistics, Harvard), an MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. She is a recipient of the NIH NCI Pathway to Independence Award, the Tri-Institutional Breakout Prize for Junior Investigators and an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Cameron Park
PhD Student (starting Fall 2020)

Cameron is a PhD student in the BME department. While an undergraduate at Stanford, she majored in both Physics and Human Biology, and was a member of the varsity women's lacrosse team. After completing her undergraduate degrees in 2018, she stayed at Stanford for her Master's in Bioengineering. Originally from the Boston area, Cameron is happy to be back on the East Coast and is very excited to be able to explore machine learning and cancer biology in the Azizi lab!

Linyue (Joy) Fan
PhD Student (starting Fall 2020)

Joy is a current PhD student in the BME department. She completed undergraduate training at MIT, where she studied Biological Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. Her previous work in the MIT Synthetic Biology Center involved using deep learning approaches to study the behavior of synthetic circuits in human stem cells. She is excited about working at the intersection of computer science, engineering, and experimental biology, and hopes to develop novel machine learning methods for the study of cancer in the Azizi lab.

Lauren Friend
Master's Student

Lauren is a Columbia Masters student in Biomedical Engineering with a background in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Chapman University with a passion to improve human health. Past research includes biomechanic locomotion characterization of deep sea fish and data engineering for bio-inspired design at NASA. She approaches problems creatively and hopes to expand upon her biochemistry foundation through data science to conduct multidisciplinary impactful genetic research in the Azizi Lab!

Achille Nazaret
Master's Student

Achille is currently a Columbia Masters student in Computer Science. He previously studied at Ecole Polytechnique in France, where he developed his passion for theoretical science (mathematics, statistics, physics, CS) and machine learning. Achille has oriented his scientific excitement toward biology and genomics when conducting research in the Yosef Computational Biology lab at UC Berkeley in 2019. He is enthused about the potential of data, computer power and rigorous analytical tools to solve global issues and he hopes to make valuable progress in the Azizi Lab!

Veronica Woldehanna
Undergraduate Student

Veronica is a senior in SEAS studying Computer Science. Her research interests include using machine learning and artificial intelligence to advance health care.

Tamjeed Azad
Undergraduate Student

Tamjeed is a sophomore in SEAS majoring in computer science and minoring in economics. He has a strong interest in machine learning and its potential in helping solve difficult problems in biology and beyond. On the side, he’s an avid soccer fan and enjoys going on long distance runs through the city.

Alex Toberoff
Undergraduate Student

Alex is a sophomore in Columbia College studying computer science. He's passionate about applications of deep learning in the biological sciences, particularly in cancer and immunology research.

Joshua Fuller
Undergraduate Student

Joshua is a rising Junior in SEAS majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Computer Science. He is passionate about the intersection of medicine and machine learning and is excited to contribute his time toward its development. In his spare time, he enjoys going to the gym and exploring New York.

Yinuo Jin
Undergraduate Student

Yinuo is a rising Senior in SEAS majoring in computer science. He is interested in applying computational and statistical methods to sequence analysis, especially processing single-cell and long-read sequencing data.

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