Sam is an Assistant Professor in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, with affiliations in the Department of Medicine - Section of Genetic Medicine, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Committee on Data Science, and Committee on Immunology, for which she co-chairs the Computational and Systems Immunology Subcommittee. She has a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University.

Joseph is in the Chemistry PhD program. He has a B.S. in Chemistry from McGill University. Joseph explores and analyzes high-throughput genomic data to study inter- and intracellular molecular circuits regulating immune process, particularly in the context of gut immunity. In addition, he works on developing new statistical frameworks for genomics analysis.

Frank is in the Chemistry PhD program and co-advised by Suri Vaikuntanathan. He has a B.S. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley. Frank uses ideas from statistical mechanics and machine learning to develop methods for analyzing and interpreting single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data.

Ryan is in the Computer Science PhD program and co-advised by Lorenzo Orecchia. He has a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT. Ryan’s research is at the intersection of manifold learning, Riemannian optimization, and single-cell transcriptomics.

Hanna is in the Biophysical Sciences PhD program and is co-advised by Alex T. Pearson. She has a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Pepperdine University. Hanna applies machine learning methods to multi-modal cancer data to better understand the variables driving individual patient’s diseases.

Hope is in the Biophysical Sciences PhD program and co-advised by Bana Jabri. Hope has a B.A. in Physics from Wellesley College. She use transcriptomics to understand how genetic factors influence T cell differentiation and polarization.

Joey is in the Molecular Engineering PhD program and co-advised by Bana Jabri. He has a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Joey studies the mechanistic nature of how immunological cytokines facilitate the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.

Ruxandra is in the Molecular Engineering PhD program and co-advised by Tom Gajewski. She has a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University. Ruxandra investigates the behavior of immune cells in cold tumors using both in vitro and in vivo models, and spatial and single-cell transcriptomics. She is particularly interested in how macrophage phenotypes affect the infiltration of other immune cells in cold tumors and in ways to engineer macrophages to enhance pro-inflammatory responses.