Researcher Information Paul Goetsch pdgoetsc@mtu.edu 906-487-1790 Research Interests Developmental Biology Transcriptional Biology Cancer Biology Researcher Profile Byung-Jun Kim bkim1@mtu.edu 906-487-2694 Research Interests Covariance matrix estimation and graphical modeling Kernel regression in machine learning High-dimensional data analysis Statistical inference with measurement error in covariates Researcher Profile Qiuying Sha qsha@mtu.edu 906-487-2146 Areas of Expertise Statistical Genetics Applied Statistics Researcher Profile Marina Tanasova mtanasov@mtu.edu 906-487-1163 Research Interests Synthesis of molecular probes for evaluating substrate selection by carbohydrate transporters Development of platforms for tumor imaging and drug delivery Design and synthesis of bioreductively-activated DNA repair inhibitors Researcher Profile Xiaohu (Mark) Tang xiaohut@mtu.edu 906-487-3068 Research Interests Cancer Genetics and Metabolism Mechanisms of Cancer Initiation and Progression Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics Interactions of Diet and Nutrition with Cancer Researcher Profile Ashutosh Tiwari tiwari@mtu.edu 906-487-1840 Research Interests Identify experimental conditions that can generate diverse aggregated protein structures from the same proteins. Develop novel tools and techniques to differentiate amongst the varied aggregated species of proteins. Understand the relationship between aggregated protein species and its associated cellular toxicity. Researcher Profile Hairong Wei hairong@mtu.edu 906-487-1473 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 Researcher Profile Thomas Werner twerner@mtu.edu 906-487-1209 Research Interests Evolution Genetics Toxicology Developmental Biology Researcher Profile Kui Zhang kuiz@mtu.edu 906-487-2918 Areas of Expertise Statistical Genetics and Genomics Bioinformatics Biostatistics Applied Statistics Researcher Profile Shuanglin Zhang shuzhang@mtu.edu 906-487-2146 Areas of Expertise Statistical genetics Bioinformatics Theoretical Statistics Researcher Profile Xiao Zhang xzhang35@mtu.edu 906-487-3362 Areas of Expertise Bayesian computation Missing data analysis Longitudinal and multivariate data analysis Survival analysis Multi-state modeling Statistical genetics Researcher Profile