Meet the Team

Markia smiling into the camera

  • Expert II, Data Science (Oncology) at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

    PhD Student, Pathobiology and Translational Science at the UNC Chapel Hill

    B.S. University of Delaware 

    Markia applies integrative genomic and statistical approaches to study tumor biology and identify biomarkers for oncology clinical trials. 

  • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Memphis

    PhD in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    B.S. in Marine Biology, Texas A&M University- Galveston

    My current research focuses on the ecological genetics and genomics of phenotypic variation in natural populations of insect communities. 

Markia Smith, PhD
Lynette Strickland, PhD

  • PhD Candidate in Biostatistics at Harvard University

    MS in Biostatistics at Columbia University

    B.A. in Mathematics at Fordham University

    I was a former Bioinformatician at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine where I analyzed placental epi/genomic data. My current research interest is in developing statistical methods and tools for genomic data.

Randy Williams, MS
Alexis Stutzman

  • PhD Candidate, Genetics and Molecular Biology Curriculum at UNC Chapel Hill

    UNC-IMSD Genetics Diversity Excellence Fellow

    B.S. Univ of Chicago ‘18

    Alex studies molecular determinants of 3D genome architectural changes during fruit fly wing development.