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Associate Professor of Bioinformatics


Education

  • PhD - 2007 - Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
  • BS - 2000 - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Professional Credentials

  • Adjunct Research Associate, 2016 – present, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
  • Research Scientist, 2010 - 2016, Molecular and Cellular Imaging Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2007 - 2010 - Erich Grotewold Lab, Department of Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Teaching Specialties

  • Bioinformatics and Applications
  • Biotechniques I (lab course)
  • Biotechniques II (lab course)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Introduction to Biotechnology and Research Design

Research Interests

  • Bioinformatics and Applied Machine Learning for biological data
  • Gene regulation
  • Gene regulatory networks
  • Abiotic stress in plants
  • Evolution of gene regulation