Research Affiliates

Ciera C. Martinez

Data Science for the Environment Lead

Ciera Martinez focuses on data intensive research projects that aim to understand how life on this planet evolves in reaction to the environment and climate – especially projects involving large and complex datasets. A long-time open science advocate, Ciera has been involved with and continues to be interested in working on training for open data, education, publishing, and software, including developing community standards for data management practices.

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Chris Mungall

BIDS Research Affiliate
Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, LBNL
Staff Scientist and Head of the Biosystems Data Science Department, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Chris Mungall research focuses on combining knowledge-based methods and AI to investigate molecular mechanisms underpinning the health of humans and the health of the planet. He is a PI on the Gene Ontology (GO) project, and the Monarch Initiative, and metadata lead for the...

Benjamin Nachman

BIDS Research Affiliate
Physics, LBNL
Staff Scientist, Physics Division, LBNL

Benjamin Nachman is the group leader of the cross-cutting Machine Learning for Fundamental Physics group. Nachman develops, adapts, and deploys machine learning algorithms to enhance data analysis in high energy physics. He is a member of the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN.

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Peter Nugent

BIDS Research Affiliate
Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division, LBNL; Astronomy, UC Berkeley
Senior Scientist and Division Deputy for Science Engagement, Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Adjunct Professor, Astronomy, UC Berkeley

Peter Nugent co-founded the Computational Cosmology Center and became their first group leader. He was promoted to senior staff scientist at LBNL in 2010 and the same year joined the faculty in the Astronomy Department at UC Berkeley. In 2014, he became the division deputy for scientific engagement in the Computational Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ...

Katherine S. Pollard

BIDS Research Affiliate
Gladstone Institute of Data Science & Biotechnology, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Director, Gladstone Institute of Data Science & Biotechnology Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF Investigator, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

Katherine S. Pollard's lab develops statistical models and open source bioinformatics software for the analysis of massive genomic datasets.

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Simon Roux

BIDS Research Affiliate
DOE Joint Genome Institute, LBNL
Research Scientist, DOE Joint Genome Institute, LBNL

At the DOE Joint Genome Institute, Simon Roux leads the Viral Genomics group, which explores viruses of microbes and their impacts on ecosystems using (mostly) fancy ‘omics tools. Current projects include the study of viral diversity and virus: host interactions in soil and freshwater environments, along with the development of new bioinformatics tools and experimental protocols to probe and characterize uncultivated viruses. Roux's group also assist users of the JGI Metagenome Program with their analysis, including identification of...

Jae Sohn

BIDS Research Affiliate
Cardiothoracic Imaging, and Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF
Assistant Professor, UCSF

Jae Sohn is a cardiothoracic radiologist focusing on lung cancer imaging and intervention with emphasis on machine learning, radiological natural language processing, and clinical translation of 0.55T low-field lung MRI.

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Daniela Ushizima

BIDS Research Affiliate
Applied Mathematics and Computational Research, CAMERA, LBNL
Staff Scientist, Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division, LBNL Computer Vision Team Lead, Center of Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications (CAMERA), LBNL

Daniela Ushizima leads the Center for Recognition and Inspection of Cells (CRIC), where her research focuses on imaging cancer cells for early-stage disease diagnosis. With 20 years of research and development experience in Computer Vision, Ushizima has focused primarily on quantitative microscopy and microstructure classification, from...

Charuleka Varadharajan

BIDS Research Affiliate
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Earth AI & Data, LBNL
Research Scientist, Energy Geosciences Division, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, LBNL Research Lead, Earth AI & Data Program, LBNL

Charuleka Varadharajan is interested in studying the nexus of carbon, water, and energy with a focus on understanding and limiting the impacts of human activities on water quality and climate. Her research involves the monitoring and mitigation of contaminants in water resources; the measurement and prediction of carbon fluxes in terrestrial and subsurface environments; and the management, synthesis, and analysis of diverse multi-...

Maryam Vareth

BIDS Health and Life Sciences Lead
Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, UCSF School of Medicine
Affiliated Researcher, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, UCSF School of Medicine

Maryam Vareth leads BIDS’ data science research efforts in the Health & Life Sciences. Dr. Vareth is a Co-Director of the Innovate For Health initiative, a collaboration among UC Berkeley, UCSF, and Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. As an experienced engineer, researcher, and data scientist, she applies mathematics, statistics and physics to solve unmet needs in...