Our Team

A multidisciplinary group at the intersection of biology, computer science, and library science.

FDI Lab team

Photos courtesy of Jeffrey Grethe, PhD and Isabella Froman

Principal Investigators

Maryann Martone

Maryann Martone, PhD

Principal Investigator
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Jeffrey Grethe

Jeffrey Grethe, PhD

Principal Investigator
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Anita Bandrowski

Anita Bandrowski, PhD

Principal Investigator
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Department Leads & Senior Staff

Tom Gillespie

Tom Gillespie, PhD

Knowledge Engineering
ORCID0000-0002-7509-4801
Chun-Nan Hsu

Chun-Nan Hsu, PhD

Bioinformatics
UCSDUCSD Profile ORCID0000-0002-5240-4707
Fahim Imam

Fahim Imam, PhD

Ontologist
UCSDUCSD Profile ORCID0000-0003-4752-543X
Ko-Wei Lin

Ko-Wei Lin, PhD

dkNET Project Manager
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Burak Ozyurt

Burak Ozyurt, PhD

Infrastructure Services
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Research & Technical Staff

Vicky Guo

Vicky Guo

Web Applications Developer
Sean N. Hatton

Sean N. Hatton, PhD

Research Data Analyst
ORCID0000-0002-9149-8726
Marlena Pela

Marlena Pela

Curator
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Sean Penticoff

Systems Administration
Anna Pilko

Anna Pilko, PhD

Research Data Coordinator
ORCID0000-0003-2353-6310
Troy Sincomb

Troy Sincomb

Terminology Wrangler
ORCID0000-0003-4556-649X
Faten Taha

Faten Taha

Web Applications Developer
Edyta Vieth

Edyta Vieth

Research Data Coordinator
ORCID0000-0002-7413-9078
WW

Willy Wong

Web Applications Developer
ORCID0000-0002-8841-5870

Student Researchers

Ani Hovhannisian

Ani Hovhannisian

Student Curator
Amit Namburi

Amit Namburi

Student Programmer
Maggie Zhang

Maggie Zhang

Student Curator

Visiting Faculty

Ronald Margolis

Ronald Margolis, PhD

Visiting Faculty
ORCID0000-0002-8956-0455

Alumni

Zeljana Babic

Zeljana Babic

Student
Lauren Brooks

Lauren Brooks

Laboratory Assistant
Chia-Hui Chang

Chia-Hui Chang

Visiting Faculty
Yuju Chen

Yuju Chen

Volunteer
Sahithi Chimmula

Sahithi Chimmula

Student Assistant
Mike Chiu

Mike Chiu

Portal Applications
Peter Eckmann

Peter Eckmann

Student Programmer
Peter Lars Eckmann

Peter Lars Eckmann

Volunteer, SPARC
Isabella Froman

Isabella Froman

UX/UI Design
Stephanie Hagstrom

Stephanie Hagstrom

Executive Director
Kalyani Kottilil

Kalyani Kottilil

Student
Amanda Lo

Amanda Lo

Student
Leo Pascual

Leo Pascual

Data Coordinator
Gabi Pine

Gabi Pine

Data Analyst
Deepali Rawool

Deepali Rawool

Data Analyst
Monique Surles-Zeigler

Monique Surles-Zeigler

PDS
Karen William

Karen William

Student