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Martin Jinye Zhang is an Assistant Professor in Computational Biology at Carnegie Mellon University. He specializes in the intersection of genetics and machine learning, focusing on developing statistically principled methods and user-friendly software to study the genetic basis of human diseases. His research interests encompass the integrative analysis of genetics and functional genomics data, particularly identifying disease-critical cellular contexts and genes related to GWAS loci through advanced techniques such as single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial data analysis. Martin's recent work includes exploring the genetic architecture underlying human diseases by analyzing biobank-scale genetic data. Additionally, he is engaged in developing general statistical machine learning algorithms with applications in genetics, addressing challenges such as multiple hypotheses testing and causal inference. Martin holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University. He is actively seeking PhD students and research interns to support his lab's innovative research initiatives.
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