Welcome to the 2022 Cohort!

The CCIB is excited to welcome our 2022 graduate class! The cohort is made of 11 PhD students and 6 Masters students. Of the incoming PhD students, 5 of them are continuing from our master’s program. Good luck to all of our new students during their time here!

CCIB is awarded a $2 million National Research Traineeship!

CCIB was recently awarded a National Research Traineeship from the National Science Foundation! This $2 million grant will fund Codes For Life, a new computational graduate track within CCIB. Students in Codes For Life will conduct research at the interface of computational genomics and structural biology, and be trained in sustainable software design and artificial … Continue reading CCIB is awarded a $2 million National Research Traineeship!

Congratulating our Newest Graduates!

Congratulations to all of our students that successfully defended theses and presented capstone projects! We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.    MS Students:  Setareh Alipour Caden Comsa Alexa Derago Cheyanne Patterson Jesse Sandberg (Thesis with Distinction) Anushriya Subedy Creston Singer   PhD Students:  Dr. Cody Stevens (Dissertation with Distinction) Dr. … Continue reading Congratulating our Newest Graduates!

CCIB welcomes Professors Brannigan and Klein as Director and Graduate Program Director

We are excited to share a change in the leadership of our program! Dr. Grace Brannigan, who served as Graduate Program Director for the past six years, will now serve as the Director of CCIB. Dr. Eric Klein, who served as the Biology GPD, will now serve as Graduate Program Director.  We would like to … Continue reading CCIB welcomes Professors Brannigan and Klein as Director and Graduate Program Director

Professor González promoted to an Associate Professor with Tenure!

Congratulations to Dr. Angélica L. González for being promoted to an Associate Professor with Tenure! Dr. González is a broadly-trained ecologist with interests that range from organismal traits to community and ecosystem ecology. Much of her research is concerned with the effects of natural and human-induced environmental changes on the diversity, composition and function of … Continue reading Professor González promoted to an Associate Professor with Tenure!