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Erliang ZengAssociate Professor
Division of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, College of Dentistry |
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Currently, I am an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa (UI). My responsibilities span across multiple areas, with affiliations to the Division of Biostatistics and Computational Biology in the College of Dentistry, the Informatics Graduate Program, the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology. Moreover, I also hold secondary appointments with the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Prior to joining UI, I was an Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota (USD). My tenure at USD was marked by a joint appointment with the Department of Biology and the Department of Computer Science. My faculty journey in academia started at the University of Notre Dame (ND) as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 2009 to 2014. Concurrently, I undertook the role of Managing Director for ND's bioinformatics core facility.
Before undertaking my faculty role, I was a Post-Doctoral Associate at the University of Miami. This opportunity arose after earning my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Florida International University in 2008. Prior to that, I graduated with an M.S. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and a B.S. degree in Biotechnology from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2001 and 1998, respectively.
In my current role at UI, I am leading the BioComs Lab (bioinformatics and computational systems biology laboratory). For more information about me, please refer to my CV. [pdf]
My research interests are in the general areas of bioinformatics, computational systems biology, and biological big data mining.
In my current research role, I lead independent and collaborative bioinformatics investigations within the domains of dentistry and biomedicine, with an aim to augment collaborative and translational research efforts. My ongoing projects encapsulate the creation of novel algorithms, and the application of existing methodologies, to analyze large-scale, high-throughput biological data used in medical and dental research. This includes, but is not limited to, microbiome omics data, gene interaction data, electronic health record (EHR) data, and more. These projects span across various facets of bioinformatics research, such as functional genomic data analysis, comparative genomics analysis, mining of vast biological data, gene expression data analysis, promoter sequence data analysis, mining of protein-protein interaction data, functional gene network analysis, and biological ontology data mining. Recent endeavors have concentrated on oral cancer data integration and mining, pattern discovery from oral microbiome data, and the development of biomedical informatics for mining combined patient data.
My collaborations involve a diverse array of scholars hailing from the fields of computer science, biostatistics, and medical or dental sciences.
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Professor, The Iowa Initiative for Artificial Intelligence.
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Professor, Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, University of Iowa.
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Professor, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa.
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Professor, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa.
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Professor, Iowa Institute of Human Genetics, University of Iowa.
Current Members
Alumni
Min Gan (2015-2016, Postdoctoral Researcher in Computer Science, University of South Dakota. First employment: Associate Professor at Fuzhou University).
Rory Carmichael (2009-2012, Senior Analyst, Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Notre Dame. First employment: Manager of Data Operations at Quantcast).
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