Our interdisciplinary center delves deeply to find new connections between fields to discover surprising synergies and insights. The center’s researchers tackle compelling problems and conduct fundamental research to find significant breakthroughs rather than incremental advances.

Director

Stephanie Forrest

Director, Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society

Faculty and administration

C Athena Aktipis

Associate Professor

Shannon Austin

Undergraduate Student

Cristina Baciu

Manager Laboratory

Timothy Buyer

Undergraduate Student

Padraic Cashin

Grad Service Assistant

Luis Cisneros

Assistant Research Professor

Zachary Compton (Student)

Grad Research Assistant

Aviona Conti

Undergraduate Student

Jedidiah Crandall

Assoc Professor

Trystan Damico

Undergraduate Student

Keller Dellinger

Grad Research Assistant

Elia Elachkar

Undergraduate Student

Alexis Fleming

Undergraduate Student

Stephanie Forrest

Center Director & Professor

Angelo Fortunato

Assistant Research Professor

Mae Fydenkevez

Undergraduate Student

Adriana German

Undergraduate Student

Valerie Harris (Student)

Graduate Research Assistant

Nicole Hudson

Research/Lab Assistant

Stefania Elisavet KAPSETAKI

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Heewook Lee

Asst Professor

Kirtus Leyba (Student)

Grad Service Assistant

Jia-Ming Li

Financial Manager Sr

Jhe-Yu Liou

Grad Research Associate

Carlo Maley

Assoc Professor

Diego Mallo Adan

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Gissel Marquez Alcaraz

Undergraduate Student

Karly Mattson

Undergraduate Student

Efthimia Nicolacoudis

Undergraduate Student

Theodore Pavlic

Asst Professor

Kayla Raymond

Undergraduate Student

Pemma Reiter

Graduate Service Assistant

Joseph Renzullo (Student)

Grad Service Assistant

Andrea Richa

Professor

Shawn Rupp

Research Technologist – Bioinformat

Kaushik Saha

Grad Research Assistant

Jonathan Scirone

Undergraduate Student

Seyedehsareh Seyedi

Graduate Research Assistant

Yan Shoshitaishvili

Asst Professor

Petr Sulc

Asst Professor

Christopher Sumnicht

Graduate Research Assistant

Jake Taylor

Undergraduate Student

Ruthanne Teo

Undergraduate Student

Nobuhiro Wada

Undergraduate Student

Ruoyu Wang

Asst Professor

Pamela Winfrey

Scientific Research Curator

Carole-Jean Wu

Assoc Professor

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Center Director and Professor

Stephanie Forrest

Center Director & Professor, Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society

Stephanie Forrest is a Professor in CIDSE and Center Director for Biocomputing, Security and Society at the Biodesign Institute. She is a computer scientist who studies the biology of computation and computation in biology, including biological modeling of immunological processes and evolutionary diseases, cybersecurity, software engineering, and evolutionary computation. Forrest has over twenty years experience leading interdisciplinary research and education programs, primarily in...

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	C Athena Aktipis Assoc Professor Psychology		Shannon Austin
	Cristina Baciu Program Manager Research Biodesign BSS		Michael Cai Student Worker III Sch Compt Infor & Dec Sys Engr
	Padraic Cashin Graduate Research Assistant Biodesign BSS		Luis Cisneros Assistant Research Professor Biodesign BSS
	Zachary Compton Grad Research Assistant Biodesign BSS		Aviona Conti
	Jedidiah Crandall		Trystan Damico Community College Transfer Partnership Arizona State University Visiting Scholar/Faculty/Researcher Arizona State University Outside Consultant Hired on Contract Pat Tillman Veterans Center
	Keller Dellinger		Elia Elachkar
	Alexis Fleming		Stephanie Forrest Center Director & Professor Biodesign BSS
	Angelo Fortunato Assistant Research Professor Biodesign BSS		Elena Fortunato
	valerie Harris		Nicole Hudson Research/Lab Assistant Psychology
	Vicky Isley Outside Consultant Hired on Contract Biodesign BSS		Merielle Kalos Supervisor Biodesign Admin Support Ops
	Stefania Elisavet KAPSETAKI Postdoctoral Research Scholar Biodesign BSS		Beau Kujath
	Heewook Lee Assistant Professor Biodesign BSS		Kirtus Leyba Grad Service Assistant Biodesign BSS
	Jia-Ming Li Financial Manager Sr KE Biodesign Institute Finance		Jhe-Yu Liou Grad Service Assistant Sch Compt Infor & Dec Sys Engr
	Lauren Lossner Student Worker II - BME Grader Sch Biological & Hlth Sys Engr		Carlo Maley Associate Professor Biodesign BSS
	Diego Mallo Adan Assistant Research Scientist Biodesign BSS		Gissel Marquez Alcaraz
	Karly Mattson		Efthimia Nicolacoudis
	Theodore Pavlic Asst Professor Sch Compt Infor & Dec Sys Engr		Christopher Plaisier Asst Professor Sch Biological & Hlth Sys Engr
	Kayla Raymond		Pemma Reiter Graduate Service Assistant Biodesign BSS
	Joseph Renzullo Grad Service Assistant Biodesign BSS		Andrea Richa Professor Sch Compt Infor & Dec Sys Engr
	Esther Rodriguez		Shawn Rupp Research Technologist, Bioinformatician Biodesign BSS
	Kaushik Saha Grad Research Assistant Biodesign BSS		Jonathan Scirone
	Seyedehsareh Seyedi Graduate Research Assistant Biodesign BSS		Yan Shoshitaishvili Asst Professor Sch Compt Infor & Dec Sys Engr
	Paul Smith Outside Consultant Hired on Contract Biodesign BSS		Jaela Spears Gold Guide New Student Programs
	Petr Sulc Assistant Professor Biodesign MDB		Christopher Sumnicht Grad Teaching Associate Sch Compt Infor & Dec Sys Engr
	Ruthanne Teo		Ni Trieu Asst Professor Biodesign BSS
	Nobuhiro Wada Alumni Arizona State University Recent Graduate Arizona State University		Ruoyu Wang Asst Professor Sch Compt Infor & Dec Sys Engr
	Pamela Winfrey Events Manager Biodesign BSS		Carole-Jean Wu Assoc Professor Sch Compt Infor & Dec Sys Engr

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