Hairong Wei

"We are doing excellent job in describing how an individual gene functions, but not
how life functions. Systems biology is to fill this gap."
- Professor
- Editor-in-Chief, Forestry Research (ForRes): https://www.maxapress.com/journal/forres
- Affiliated Professor, Department of Computer Science & Department of Mathematics
- PhD, Plant Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- MS, Computer Science, University of Chicago
- MS, Forest Genetics, Beijing Forestry University
- BS, Agricultural Sciences, Beijing Forestry University
Research interests and areas
My research is focused on the following areas:
(1) Bioinformatics tool and software development;
(2) Algorithms for gene network construction;
(3) Large-scale biological data analysis;
(4) SARA-CoV-2 variant detection;
(5) Genome Assembly and annotation;
(6) Identification of key genes that govern various biological processes and complex traits using systems biology approaches;
(7) R-loops and gene regulation;
(8) Functional genomics.
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Identification of genes regulating complex traits via systems biology approaches
- Gene expression data analysis
- Gene network construction and decomposition
- Developing software for mining large-scale biological data
- Genomics of wood formation