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Dr. Rakesh Kaundal, Director, Bioinformatics Facility>
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Phone: +1 (435) 797-4117
Email: rkaundal@usu.edu

Dr. Rakesh Kaundal

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

     Associate Professor, Bioinformatics

Center for Integrated BioSystems
(College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences)

     Director, Bioinformatics Facility

Department of Computer Science
(College of Science)

     Adjunct Associate Professor

Biography

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Highly successful track record of integrating biology and bigdata analytics with over 14 years’ experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, and scientific programming. In-depth knowledge of bioinformatics data analysis tools and databases, information management, and integration to support diverse activities essential for organismal improvement and genomics-enabled studies.

Research Interests

Next-generation sequencing data (analysis, alignment, assembly, annotation); Computational modeling of -omics big data; Systems biology, develop algorithms to study intra- and inter-species interaction networks (e.g. host-pathogen interactions), predict Gene Regulatory Networks; Metagenomics (e.g. rhizosphere microbiome interacting with the host); Computational genomics. Develop workflows to facilitate data mining; Develop and maintain scientific software/tools.

Graduate

Rousselene B. Larson, Bioinformatics Staff.
Rousselene B. Larson
Bioinformatics Scientist
Raghav Kataria, Graduate Student.
Raghav Kataria
PhD Student | PSC
David Guevara, Graduate.
David Guevara
PhD Student | CS
Brady Christianson, Graduate.
Brady Christianson
MS Student | PSC

Bioinformatics Staff

Rousselene B. Larson, Bioinformatics Staff.
Rousselene B. Larson
Bioinformatics Scientist
Matthew Lister, Alumni.
Matthew Lister
HPC Administrator | CS
Austin Swainston, Alumni.
Austin Swainston
HPC Administrator | BS Technology Systems
Caleb A. Young, Undergradute.
Caleb A. Young
HPC Administrator | Undergraduate Research Assistant

Alumni

Naveen Duhan, Alumni.
Naveen Duhan
PhD Student | PSC
Colin Bernhardt, Undergraduate.
Colin Bernhardt
HPC Administrator | BSc Computer Engineering
Simardeep Kaur, Graduate.
Simardeep Kaur
PhD | Plant Biochemistry
Kolton Hauck, Undergraduate.
Kolton Hauck
BSc Biological Engineering
Mitchell Millerberg, Ungraduate.
Mitchell Millerberg
BSc Biotechnology
Shelby McCowan, Undergraduate.
Shelby McCowan
HPC Administrator | BSc Biochemistry
Caleb Smith, Alumni.
Caleb Smith
Cristian Orduz, Graduate.
Cristian Orduz
MS Student | PSC
Kaige Zhang, Alumni.
Kaige Zhang
PhD Research Assistant | CS
Nikhil Sai, Graduate.
Nikhil Sai
MS Student | CS
Raul Ramirez, Alumni.
Raul Ramirez
Suyash Mhetre, Alumni.
Suyash Mhetre
MS Student | MIS
Udarika Ediriweera, Alumni.
Udarika Ediriweera