The Paschou Lab Team

Fotis Tsetsos, Postdoctoral Associate, ELIXIR-Europe

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Phone: (765) 496-0027
fotis.tsetsos@gmail.com

Fotis obtained his PhD from the Democritus University of Thrace. He has trained in human genomics and studies the genetics of complex diseases, especially neuropsychiatric and metabolic disorders. He specializes in the genomic analysis of big data generated by high-throughput technologies and the development of analytic pipelines. He also has a strong interest in population genetics, archaeogenetics and the evolutionary history of modern humans. He currently participates in ELIXIR, an international effort to coordinate and develops life science resources across Europe so that researchers can more easily find, analyse and share data, exchange expertise, and implement best practices.  

Zhiyu Yang, PhD student, Dept of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

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Phone: (765) 496-0027
yang1269@gmail.com

Zhiyu has a BS from University of Science and Technology of China on biotechnology. She had been working on cognitive neuroscience during and after the university for two and a half years. Currently she is a PhD student at Purdue Biological Sciences and PULSe (Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Program) working toward working on the identification of the genetic basis of Tourette Syndrome and the development of novel algorithms for the analysis of genomewide datasets.

Apostolia Topaloudi, PhD student, Dept of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

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Phone: (765) 496-0027
ap.topaloudi@gmail.com

Apostolia has obtained B.Sc in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. Currently, she is a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Paschou and working on genome wide association studies for complex diseases.

Mary Kaka, PhD student, Dept of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

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Phone: (765) 496-0027
mkaka@purdue.edu

Mary Kaka obtained a BS in Microbiology and MS in Medical Microbiology and Biotechnology from Adeleke University, Nigeria. The vast majority of her past research focused on computational biology and bioinformatics, including some studies on antimicrobial resistance. She is currently a PhD student in the Lab of Dr. Paschou and is working on studying the genetics of complex trait diseases and bioinformatics.

Pritesh Jain, PhD student, Dept of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

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Phone: (765) 496-0027
jain295@purdue.edu

Pritesh Jain has a Bachelors of Technology in Genetic Engineering from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India and currently pursuing his PhD at Purdue University through the Dept. of Biology and the PULSe program. His project is focused on exploring the applications of polygenic risk scores of complex disorders to determine differences in genetic risk across various populations and identifying phenotypes associated with increased genetic risk of various diseases.

Yin Jin, PhD student, Dept of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

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Phone: (765) 496-0027
jin368@purdue.edu

Yin Jin obtained his Medical Degree and MSc in Neurology from Dalian Medical University. He also holds a MSc in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from University of Southern California. At the Paschou lab he studies neurodegeneration, integrating genomic and neuroimaging data to undetstand the role of neuroinflammation in brain aging.

Sudhanshu Shekhar, PhD student, Dept of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

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Phone: (765) 496-0027
shekhas@purdue.edu

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