Dmitry
Korkin
Computer Science
Professor-Computer Science
Affiliated Department or Office
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Data Science
Biology & Biotechnology
Mathematical Sciences
Education
Postdoc Bioinformatics & Computational Biology University of California, San Francisco 2007
PhD Computer Science University of New Brunswick, Canada 2003
MS Applied Mathematics Moscow State University, Russia High Distinction 1999
Expert Bio

Professor Korkin's research is interdisciplinary and spans the fields of bioinformatics of complex disease, computational genomics, systems biology. His expertise in machine learning, data mining and massive data analytics is used to study molecular mechanisms underlying genetic disorders, such as cancer, diabetes, and autism, and deadly infections, such as pandemics, including COVID-19. In February 2020, Korkin shared 3D models of the coronavirus with researchers worldwide.

Research areas/Expertise
Bioinformatics of complex disease
computational genomics
systems biology
biomedical data analytics
COVID 19

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