Nanxiang (Samuel) Zhao, Ph.D.

Boyle Lab Ph.D. alumnus

Nanxiang (Samuel) Zhao, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics Ph.D. Student

Current position

Associate Director, Precision Genetics Merck

Boyle Lab history

  • Bioinformatics Master's student January 2017–January 2018
  • Bioinformatics Ph.D. student January 2018–May 2023

Research

Research areas

  • Gene Regulation
  • High-throughput genomics
  • Signal Processing and Machine Learning Algorithms Application

Training

Education

  • B.S.Biomedical Science, University of Waterloo (2016)
  • M.S.Bioinformatics, University of Michigan (2018)

Recognition

Honors and awards

  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (pre-candidate & candidate)
  • NVIDIA GPU Grant Program

Biography

Background

Nanxiang (Samuel) Zhao current research focuses on developing a computational method to identify regulatory elements genome-wide utilizing signal processing and machine learning techniques.

Research output

Boyle Lab publications

6 publications