Meet the lab

Many perspectives.
A shared curiosity.

A team of computational biologists and neuroscientists exploring the human brain, together.

Principal investigator

Donghoon Lee, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Director, Single Cell Neurogenomics Group

Connecting computational methods, human genetics and single-cell biology to understand brain disease.

Biography, research & career

Our people

Different backgrounds. Shared discoveries.

Instructor

Tereza Clarence, PhD

Instructor, Computational Biology

tereza (dot) clarence (at) mssm (dot) edu

Postdoc

Dimitrios Kyriakis, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Biology

dimitrios (dot) kyriakis (at) mssm (dot) edu

Senior Data Analyst

Xuan Cao, PhD

Senior Data Analyst, Computational Biology

xuan (dot) cao (at) mssm (dot) edu

PhD Student

Chia-Hsuan Chou

Graduate Student, Computational Biology

chia-hsuan (dot) chou (at) icahn (dot) mssm (dot) edu

Beyond the lab

Our alumni

We’re proud of the paths our colleagues take.

Collin Spencer, PhD

Graduate Student, Computational Biology · 2021–2026

Now: AI Product Engineer, Coefficient Bio (acquired by Anthropic)

Christian Porras, PhD

MD/PhD Student, PhD Research · 2022–2025

Now: Returned to clinical training to complete his MD/PhD

Nicolas Masse, PhD

Computational Biologist · 2023–2025

Now: Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Deep Genomics

Our scientific community

Connected by curiosity.

Meet the wider center

The Center for Disease Neurogenomics team at the 2024 retreat — Together at the 2024 Center for Disease Neurogenomics retreat.