Current

Brian M. O'Shea

Director, Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER); Professor CMSE, P&A, NSCL

Brian O'Shea is a computational astrophysicist whose work focuses on cosmological structure formation and fluid dynamics - specifically, the formation and evolution of galaxies in a variety of environments and over the age of the universe, and the properties of hot, diffuse plasmas in the intergalactic and intracluster medium. He is a co-author of the open-source Enzo adaptive mesh code, an expert in high performance computing, and an advocate for open-source computing and open-source science. Prior to arriving at Michigan State, he received his PhD in physics from the University of Illinois and was a Director's Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National laboratory.
oshea at msu dot edu

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Arjun Krishnan

Assistant Professor CMSE, BMB

Arjun Krishnan is a computational biologist. His research group (thekrishnanlab.org) focuses on developing computational approaches that leverage massive collections of genetic, molecular, and biomedical data using machine learning algorithms to gain insights into the mechanistic basis of complex diseases. Arjun is an expert in genomics, data integration, network biology, and predictive modeling. He is also passionate about training/education and is an advocate for diversity in STEM. Prior to arriving at Michigan State, he received his PhD in computational biology from Virginia Tech and was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University.

arjun at msu dot edu

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Past

• Kenneth M. Merz Jr. (2016-2019)