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Wandaliz is currently pursuing a Ph D in Industrial Engineering with collaboration from the Center for Ecogenomics at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. Despite advances in molecular and technological knowledge that allow gathering of data from biological processes, there remains room for innovation in data analysis to achieve suitable biological interpretation and this is the area where she has focused her research. Wandaliz aims to develop effective statistical and data mining methodologies to unravel relevant relationships between oxygen consumption rate, gene expression, protein expression, and cell state. Before coming to ASU, she received undergraduate and master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) and University of South Florida (USF). As a fellow in the Down to Earth GK-12 Program at ASU, she hopes to stimulate younger kid’s interest in math, science and higher education.

Wandaliz grew up in Puerto Rico, where all her family lives, with the exception of her sister who is doing her Ph D in Mathematics at ASU as well.

In her spare time, she likes to visit her family back home, spend time with her nephews, sister and friends, travel to new places, dancing and listening to music.

Data mining, Statistics, Bioinformatics