Aristotelis Tsirigos, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Pathology, NYU School of Medicine
Co-director, Division of Precision Medicine
Director, Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories
PhD in Computer Science, New York University, USA, 2006
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Dr. Tsirigos is a Professor of Pathology and the Director of the Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories at the NYU School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Courant Institute of New York University in January 2006, and his B.S. from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1998. Dr. Tsirigos' research focus is primarily in Computational Genomics and involves the design of statistical/computational methods and pipelines to model biological systems and generate novel biological hypotheses.
Current Members
Nicolas Coudray
Research Scientist
(Deep-learning, cryo-EM, image processing)
Applied Bioinformatics Labs
PhD from the University of Upper Alsace
Despoina Kalfakakou
Post-doctoral Fellow
(Epigenetics and single-cell transcriptomics)
PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Hua Zhou, PhD
Research Scientist
(Machine learning, Deep learning, Image analysis)
Applied Bioinformatics Labs
PhD in Bioinformatics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Javier Rodriguez-Hernaez
Bioinformatics Analyst
(3D chromatin architecture, epigenetics)
MS in Biomedical Informatics, New York University
Hortense Le
Data Scientist
(Machine Learning, Image Analysis)
MS in Biomedical Engineering, Université de Paris, France
Jimin Tan
PhD student, co-mentored with Dr. Fenyo
(Machine Learning, 3D chromatin architecture)
MS in Data Science, NYU
Ali Rosen
PhD student, co-mentored with Dr. Aifantis
(3D chromatin architecture, epigenetics)
BS in Molecular Biology, University of Washington
Romane Cathelin
Bioinformatics Programmer
(Machine Learning, 3D Chromatin Architecture)
MS in Bioinformatics, Université de Bordeaux, France
Daniel Cameron
Bioinformatics Programmer
(Single-cell Transcriptomics)
MS in Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins University
Jacob Stimes
PhD student
(Machine learning, Spatial Analysis)
BS in software engineering, Iowa State University
Jinchun Zhang
Bioinformatics Analyst
(Machine Learning, Image Analysis)
MS in Biology, New York University
Elektra Manolakos
Research Data Associate
(AI, or ML, and Public Health)
MS in Public Health Data Science from Boston University, 2024
Sam Sterling
Masters Student
(Machine learning, Image Analysis)
BA in Economics, Boston University
Affiliated Members
Alex Polyzos
Postdoc
Computational Postdoctoral Researcher at Cornell Effie Apostolou Lab
MSc Biostatistics and Epidemiology, PhD
Former Members
Theodore Sakellaropoulos
Post-doctoral Fellow
(Systems Biology, AI)
PhD in Systems Biology, NTUA, Greece
Krutika Pandit
Data Analyst
(Machine Learning)
MS in Biomedical Informatics, New York University
Nina Murrell
Bioinformatics Analyst
(Machine Learning, 3D chromatin architecture)
MS in Engineering in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Bojing Liu
Post-doctoral Fellow
(Machine Learning, Biostatistics)
PhD, Karolinska Institute
Antonia Chroni
Post-doctoral Fellow
(Tumor Biogeography and Evolution, Epigenetics and single-cell transcriptomics)
PhD, University of the Aegean, Greece
Sonali Narang
Post-doctoral Fellow, co-mentored with Dr. William Carroll
(3D chromatin architecture)
M.S. in Biomedical Science from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2017
Bettina Nadorp
Post-doctoral Fellow / Senior Bioinformatician
(Single-cell transcriptomics and epigenetics)
PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories
Sofia Nomikou
Post-doctoral Fellow
(3D chromatin architecture, AI)
BE in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 2016
Anna Yeaton
PhD student, co-mentored with Dr. Iannis Aifantis
(AI, single-cell)
B.S. in Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2017
Jonathan Abebe
PhD Student
(Genome editing/prediction, 3D genomes)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2017
Menghan Liu
PhD student, co-mentored with Dr. Blaser
(Microbiome, Bioinformatics, Host-pathogen interaction Metabolism, Evolution
MSc in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, New York University, 2015
Hyunwoo Cho
Bioinformatics Analyst
(3D chromatin architecture, epigenetics)
PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College, 2019
Charalampos Harris Lazaris
(3D nuclear organization, cancer epigenetics, transcription)
PhD Student
Ph.D., New York University, 2018
MSc in Bioinformatics, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2012
Yixiao Gong, MSc
Bioinformatician
MS in Bioinformatics, Georgetown University, USA, 2011
Gunjan Sethia
Bioinformatician
(Epigenetics & Chromatin architecture)
Skok/Carroll labs
MSc in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, New York University 2017
Melina Tourni
Intern
(Bioinformatics, AI)
B.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, NTUA, Greece
Andreas Kloetgen
Post-doctoral Fellow
(3D chromatin & non-coding RNAs)
PhD in Computer Science, Heinrich-Heine University, Germany
