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A lab is a nurturing environment that aims to maximize the potential of students as scientists and as human beings. -- Uri Alon

PI:Wei Li, PhD


Associate Professor (tenured): 09/2011 - present
Assistant Professor (tenure track): 11/2007 - 09/2011
Division of Biostatistics, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine.
My Citations @ Google Scholar

Postdoctoral Fellow: 06/2004 - 10/2007
Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston

Bioinformatics Group Leader: 01/2000 - 05/2004
Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics: 09/1998 - 09/2003
Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China


Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Yuanxin Xi, PhD

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, University of California, Davis


Ph.D. in Genomics & Bioinformatics, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China



Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas


  • Xia Zheng, PhD

Ph.D. in Control Theory and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China



  • Hyun Jung Park, PhD

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Rice University

Graduate Students

  • Kadir Caner Akdemir (co-mentored with Dr. Michelle Barton)

Ph.D. student, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
B.S. in Computer Engineering, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey


  • Zeynep H Coban (co-mentored with Dr. Michelle Barton)

Ph.D. student, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
A.M in Biostatistics, Harvard University, Boston, MA
B.S. in Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey


  • Junsheng Chen (visiting student)

System Admin (High Performance Computing)

  • Michael D. Dehart

B.S. in Computer Science, University of Houston Clear Lake


Lab Alumni

  • Hao Zhao, PhD

Ph.D. in Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong
Postdoc Fellow: 07/2010 - 10/2011
Current Position: Senior Statistical Analyst at MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Liguo Wang, PhD

Ph.D. in Genomics & Bioinformatics, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Postdoc Fellow: 06/2008 - 06/2012
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic