Principal Investigator

Paul Medvedev

Professor

  • Department of Computer Science & Engineering
  • Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Director

Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics @ the Genome Sciences Institute of the Huck 

Brief Bio

Paul Medvedev is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Director of the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at the Pennsylvania State University. His research focus is on developing computer science techniques for analysis of biological data and on answering fundamental biological questions using such methods. Prior to joining Penn State in 2012, he was a postdoc at the University of California, San Diego and a visiting scholar at the Oregon Health & Sciences University and the University of Bielefeld. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2010, his M.Sc. from the University of Southern Denmark in 2004, and his B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2002.

Recent Service

Major Current Funding

  • NSF award 2138585
  • NSF award 1931531
  • NIH (NIGMS) award R01GM130691
  • NIH (NIGMS) award R01GM146462

Contact Info

Email: pzm11 at psu dot edu
Offices: Wartik 506B, Westgate W205B
Office Phone: 814-865-0193

Mailing Address 

Department of Computer Science and Engineering 
W205B Westgate Building 
University Park, PA 16802, USA

Curriculum Vitae

For a full description of publications, teaching, and service, please see my CV.

Office Hours

By appointment only.