Postdocs and Students

Ricardo’s Google Scholar.

Ricardo is a biologist with a PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Michigan. His research interests are understanding aging and complex diseases from a molecular biology viewpoint. He is especially interested in mapping the interface between genetics and gene regulation, which requires him to be proficient in integrating multiple layers of functional genomics information (genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic) at the bulk and single-cell levels.

In addition to doing science, Ricardo is excited about teaching and supporting other trainees. Outside the lab, you will find him playing the piano, running in Forest Park, nature watching, and hiking.

Logan is a PhD student in the Human and Statistical Genetics Program. He has a Bachelor’s degrees in Bioinformatics and Genetics & Biotechnology from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Prior to joining Washington University, Logan worked to develop a computational tool, ExtRamp, which dynamically identifies the ‘ramp’ sequence from the beginning of genes. He joined our lab in 2019 where he currently uses single nucleus RNA-seq to understand the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer disease pathology at cell specific resolution.

Logan’s Pubmed.

Shyam wan an intern for the summer of 2023.

Mauricio was an intern in the Amgen Scholars program for the summer of 2023.

Mauricio is a current undergraduate student studying Molecular Biology and is on the pre-medicine track at Colorado College. He joined our lab in the summer of 2023 and is currently working on using single nucleus RNA-seq data from both traumatic brain injury (TBI) mimicked injury in mice and human Alzheimer diseased brains to understand the specific pathways dysregulated in TBI that contribute to Alzheimer disease etiology. Mauricio, a southern Georgia native, enjoys cooking, thrifting, and increasing diversity within the pre-health and science communities.

Anjali is a Postdoctoral Researcher. She completed her doctorate dissertation from University of Delhi South Campus, India. During her graduate studies, she focused on studying the different aspects of autoimmune disease caused by similarity in host and pathogen peptides, also known as molecular mimicry, using genomic data. At the present time, she is analyzing single-cell data generated in the lab, and publicly available to investigate the implication of genes identified in genetic analyses of Alzheimer Disease in the neuronal-vascular dysfunction cross communication. She is working on high throughput brain single-cell sequencing and genome-wide genotyping (GWAS and Whole Genome Sequencing) data.