Machine Learning and Data Analytics Group (MLDAG)
Director
Ananda Mohan Mondal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, KFSCIS
Research Focus:
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Computational Biology
- Health Informatics
Office: CASE 337
Email: amondal@fiu.edu
Current Ph.D. Students
Bikhyat Adhikari
Graduate Doctoral Student
Adhikari joined the lab in Fall 2024. His research focused on ML and explainable AI-based analysis of cancer drug response and resistance.
Office: Merit Lab, PG-6
Email: er.bikhyat@gmail.com
Md Mezbahul Islam
Graduate Doctoral Student
Islam joined the lab in Fall 2022. In his research, he primarily focuses on integrating multiple omics to identify the inside relation of multiple omics in complex diseases, such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
Office: Merit Lab, PG-6
Email: misla093@fiu.edu
Masrur Sobhan
Graduate Doctoral Student
Masrur joined the lab in the Fall of 2020. His research focus centers on the creation of computational frameworks aimed at discerning sample-specific biomarkers and pathways utilizing multi-omics data sourced from diverse diseases, including but not limited to cancer and diabetic foot ulcers. Masrur utilizes a variety of interpretable and explainable machine learning methodologies to efficiently achieve the goals of his research pursuits.
Office: Merit Lab, PG-6
Email: msobh002@fiu.edu
Past Ph.D. Students
Raihanul Bari Tanvir
Fall 2018 – Summer 2023
Dissertation: Graph-Theoretic and Machine Learning-Based Frameworks for Cancer Biomarker.
Employment: Postdoctoral associate at Boehringer Ingelheim.
Abdullah Al Mamun
2018 Fall – 2022 Spring
Dissertation: A Machine Learning Framework for Identifying Molecular Biomarkers from Transcriptomic Cancer Data.
Employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Meta (Facebook)
Past Master’s Students
Tasmia Aqila
2018 Fall – 2020 Fall
Project: Pseudotime Based Discovery of Breast Cancer Heterogeneity.
Employment: Amazon.
Mona Maharjan
2018 Fall – 2020 Summer
Project: Computational Identification of Biomarker Genes for Lung Cancer Considering Treatment and Non-Treatment Studies.
Employment: Web Developer at SUNY ESF
Past Undergraduate Students
- Charles Schultz (UG, Claflin University, 2016), Project: Bipartite sub-graph and functional Correlation of Protein Subnetwork Biomarkers for Human Diseases.
- Jenish Koirala (UG, Claflin University, 2016), Project: GLASSO Analysis of Protein Network Biomarker. Current Position: Advanced Software Engineer, Honeywell Aerospace USA.
- Kumar Lama (UG, Claflin University, 2016), Project: DNA Mutation Analysis of Human Diseases. Current Position: Software Developer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Dominic Bett (UG, Claflin University, 2016), Project: Diffusion Kernel to Identify Missing PPIs in Protein Network Biomarker. Current Position: Senior Software Engineer, Dell Technologies.
- Prayas Timalsina (UG, Claflin University, 2015), Project: Clique and Functional Correlation of Protein Subnetwork Biomarkers for Human Diseases. Current Position: Lead Security Engineer, US Customs and Border Protection.
- Stephanie Y. Wyche (UG, Claflin University, 2015), Project: Study of DNA Methylation Patterns in Cancers. Current Position: Senior Developer and Management Consultant, BTG.
- Kevin Charles (UG, Claflin University, 2014), Project: Diffusion Kernel to Extract Information from Protein-Protein Interaction Network.
- Andrews Afful (UG, Claflin University, 2013), Project: Subnetwork Biomarkers for Yeast from Co-expressed and Physical Protein-Protein Interaction Using Brute Force Method. Current Position: Core Developer, IEX.
- Joseph Rush (UG, Claflin University, 2012), Project: Evaluating Knowledge-based Scoring Function for Drug Discovery. Current Position: Executive Integrator, Boeing.
- Reginald Taylor (UG, Claflin University, 2011), Project: Evaluating Empirical Scoring Function for Drug Discovery. Current Position: Monitor and Notification Engineer, Allstate.
- Nze Lawson (UG, Claflin University, 2010), Project: Generating Diffusion Kernel-Type Feature for Protein Localization. Current Position: Global Commodity Manager, Google.
- Naza A. Mack (UG, Claflin University, 2010), Project: Analysis of Protein FASTA Data for Viruses. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Morgan State University.
- Kelechi Agu (UG, Claflin University, 2009), Project: Analysis of Protein FASTA Data for Viruses. Current Position: Senior IT Security Specialist, IBM.
