Bioinformatics Career Mentoring 2025
Friday, November 7, 2025
Georgia Tech Alumni House
190 North Avenue NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
Agenda:
8:15-8:30am = Arrival/Check-in
8:35-8:45am = Welcome, Professor King Jordan
8:50-9:20am = Internship Panel
9:25-9:55 = Job Search Panel
9:55-10:05 = Break
10:05am-12:25pm = Table Topics
Students to switch tables every 20 minutes
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Hannah (Hatchell) Liu is a graduate of Georgia Tech’s master’s program in Bioinf
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of Biological Sciences
Jianshu Zhao
Defends his thesis:
Bioinformatic Software Development for Large-Scale Microbial Genome Analysis with Applications in Disturbance Ecology and SAR11 Species Evolution
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
3:00pm Eastern
Room: 3229 ES&T building
Zoom link: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/92904499229
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of Biological Sciences
Benjamin Metcalf
Defends his thesis:
The Interrelationship Between Bacterial and Societal Factors Drives Pneumococcal Transmission and Disease Progression
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
2:00pm
BME Whitaker building, Room 1214
Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Sam Brown, Advisor
School of Biological Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of Biological Sciences
Margaret Brown
Defends her thesis:
Each year, the Georgia Tech Bioinformatics Graduate Program recognizes outstanding students at the PhD and MS levels. Each nominee was evaluated based on CV’s, transcripts, descriptions of their accomplishments, and letters of recommendation. An interdisciplinary committee of faculty members selected the winners. Please join us in congratulating the following two outstanding students!
Congratulations to Lava Rishishwar (MSBINF 2012, PhD BINF 2016), and Jasreet Hundal (MSBINF 2009) who were named to the "40 under 40" class of 2023!
Lava was recognized for extracting meaningful and actionable insights from vast genomic datasets. Collaborating with federal and state government partners, he has contributed to outbreak investigations, developed infrastructure for laboratory preparedness, and pioneered scalable computational tools for the future. Through mentoring and training, he nurtures the next generation of scientists.