Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Faculty
Faculty Currently Accepting Students
| Professor's Name | Research Areas | Notes |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hohenlohe |
hohenlohe@uidaho.edu |
Conservation Genomics |
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| Adam Jones |
adamjones@uidaho.edu |
Evolutionary Biology, Genomics |
Fall 2025, Ph.D. preferred |
| Christine Parent |
ceparent@uidaho.edu |
Speciation, Adaptation, Phylogenetics, Genomics, Snails |
Fall 2025, Ph.D. preferred |
| Ben Ridenhour |
bridenhour@uidaho.edu |
Epidemiology |
Fall 2025, M.S. preferred |
| Barrie Robison |
brobison@uidaho.edu |
STEM Games, Data Science, Educational |
|
| Klas Udekwu |
kudekwu@uidaho.edu | Strong Biology Background with some Bioinformatics Exposure |
Ph.D. preferred |
| Tiantian Yang |
tyang@uidaho.edu | Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics |
Ph.D. preferred |
| Fan Yi |
yifan@uidaho.edu |
Math/Stat Background |
M.S. preferred |
Full List of BCB Faculty Members
Paul Hohenlohe
Professor, Director, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Program
Erik R. Coats, P.E., Ph.D.
Sorenson Family Endowed Chair in Water Resources Professor
Buchanan 129
208-885-7559
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, Water and Wastewater Systems Design I/II, Engineering Law & Contracts, Advanced Topics in Waste Management & Treatment
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Engineering
Courtney Conway, Ph.D.
Professor of Wildlife Sciences, and Unit Leader of the Idaho Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Frank Gao
Professor
Brink Hall 322
208-885-5274
Research: Mathematical Theory of Deep Learning; Optimization Algorithms; Approximation Theory in Neural Networks; Metric Entropy and its applications in Probability and Statistics.
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Esteban Hernandez-Vargas
Assistant Professor
Brink Hall 313
208-885-2188
Research: Mathematical Biology, Infection Research, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Control Theory
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Hasan Jamil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Janssen 224
208-885-6594
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Database Systems, Database Management Systems Design
Areas of Expertise: large scale data management and exploitation
Chris Remien
Associate Professor
Brink Hall 420
208-885-5901
Research: Mathematical Biology, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
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Terry Soule, Ph.D.
Professor
Janssen 229
208-885-7789
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Computational Thinking, Computer Science I, Theory of Computation, Evolutionary Video Games, Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Computation
Andreas E. Vasdekis
Associate Professor
Lisette Waits, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Resources
Min Xian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
TAB 309
208-757-5425
Campus: Idaho Falls
Areas of Expertise: Data topology modeling, Biomedical big data analysis, Robust data analysis, Machine learning, Computer vision and image analysis
Tiantian Yang
Assistant Professor
Brink Hall 416
Research: Mathematical Statistics and Statistical Learning View Tiantian Yang's profile
Fan Yi
Assistant Professor
Brink 414
352-745-4977
Research: Image Monitoring, Statistical Process Control (SPC)
