Our Purpose

The purpose of establishment of the Health and Bioinformatics Lab is to move forward the SUNY Poly strategic plan in advancing health sciences and bioinformatics. The Lab’s mission is to interact with internal and external biologists and other scientists and assist them in computational data processing and interpretation of their experiments. The unique advantage the in-house lab brings to the school and external actors is maintained interaction with scientists rather than offering a one-time service. The lab also aims to train graduate students in bioinformatics skills positioning them for success in this area. Finally, the establishment of this lab will contribute to future initiatives in setting up a Bioinformatics Graduate Program at SUNY Poly.

Meet Our Team

Dr. Amirhossein

Dr. Amirhossein Manzourolajdad (Co-Director)

PhD in Bioinformatics, with expertise spanning electrical engineering, molecular biology, and RNA structure. Former fellow at NIH and NCBI, with diverse teaching experience in CS and bioinformatics.

Dr. Jerome

Dr. Jerome Niyirora (Co-Director)

PhD in Systems Science and Associate Professor at SUNY Poly, expert in Health Informatics, medical data modeling, and AI-based bioinformatics tools.

Dr. William

Dr. William Thistleton (Co-Director)

PhD in Applied Mathematics, specializes in modeling bioremediation processes using numerical simulations of nonlinear PDEs.

Dr. Nic

Dr. Nic DePaula (Collaborator)

PhD in Information Science. Researches health data systems, science communication, and develops apps for environmental & health data analysis.