- Zhian is a research software engineer and recovering bioinformatician with a strong passion for creating user-friendly and sensible computational tools for research.
-He has a PhD in Botany and Plant Pathology from Oregon State University and has published research software in the realms of plant pathology, epidemiology, web publication, and reproducible research.
-He lives in Portland, Oregon with his partner and cat and enjoys cats, baking, reading, bikes, and bad SF/horror (though not all at the same time, because that can get difficult to balance on a bicycle).
+ Evan is a Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at UMass-Amherst.
+He received his PhD in statistics from UMass-Amherst, developing
+methods to infer physical activity type and intensity from accelerometer
+data. A former postdoc in the Reich Lab, he also works on developing
+methods for predicting infectious disease outbreaks.
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PhD Student
-
- Ben is a Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer of Biostatistics at UMass-Amherst.
-He received his PhD in Biostatistics from UCLA where he developed Bayesian models for
-medical visit and substance use data. He enjoys getting outdoors (skiing, biking, hiking),
-cooking, reading fiction and spending time with his family.
+ Matt is the lab\'s research software engineer. His M.S. is in Computer
+Science from UMass/Amherst, and his B.S. is in E.E. Before grad school he
+worked for NASA\'s Kennedy Space Center in Space Shuttle operations. Since
+then he\'s worked for decades in various AI research labs, writing all types
+of software.
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Research Faculty
-
- Evan is a Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at UMass-Amherst.
-He received his PhD in statistics from UMass-Amherst, developing
-methods to infer physical activity type and intensity from accelerometer
-data. A former postdoc in the Reich Lab, he also works on developing
-methods for predicting infectious disease outbreaks.
+ Zhian is a research software engineer and recovering bioinformatician with a strong passion for creating user-friendly and sensible computational tools for research.
+He has a PhD in Botany and Plant Pathology from Oregon State University and has published research software in the realms of plant pathology, epidemiology, web publication, and reproducible research.
+He lives in Portland, Oregon with his partner and cat and enjoys cats, baking, reading, bikes, and bad SF/horror (though not all at the same time, because that can get difficult to balance on a bicycle).
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Research Faculty
-
- Doug is a part-time PhD student in Biostatistics, and is a statistician at AstraZeneca in the Vaccines
-and Immune Therapies unit. His research interest is infectious disease forecasting for public health
-and clinical trial sponsors. He enjoys playing tennis and skiing in his free time.
+ Melissa completed an MS in global health at King's College London and spent four years as manager of the European Cholangiocarcinoma Network.
+In her free time, Melissa enjoys traveling and hiking.