I am an assistant professor of biology, with affiliation with the Computer Science department. Before joining Lafayette College, I worked briefly as a senior bioinformatics scientist in the translational genomics division of a leading DNA sequencing company. I earned my BS and MS in computer science and Ph.D. in Biochemistry. After my doctoral study, I was awarded the NIH IRACDA postdoctoral fellowship that supported my research at my alma mater, Rutgers University – New Brunswick. My research interests include polyadenylation, biological functions of non-coding genomes, Next Generation Sequencing, machine learning, and development of bioinformatics tools.