Center for Global Health and Inter-Disciplinary Research
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Rays Jiang, PhD
Associate Professor
Contact Info
- Office: IDRB 402
- Academic Email: jiang2@usf.edu
- Academic Phone: (813) 974-4541
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Education
- PhD, Genomics, Wageningen University, 2006
- MS, Wageningen University, 2000
Discipline
Systems Biology
Specialization
- Computational biology
- Quantitative genetics and genomics Systems biology of host-microbe interactions
- Systems biology of infectious diseases
Biography
As the first genomics lab in University of South Florida, Rays Jiang lab takes on a pioneer role, as well as pushing the frontier of data-driven life sciences. Her lab is developing innovative methods and applications of omics technologies. She has published in high profile journals such as Cell, Science, and Nature Communications, and secured diverse funding sources from NIH, NSF and Gates’ foundations. Rays Jiang has a PhD in genomics from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. She has been a computational biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University. She came to USF with the vision to establish one of the first hybrid labs to synthesize computational biology and experimental sciences. Her lab celebrates the spirit of inter-disciplinarity, innovation and inclusivity. She has been recognized as a globally Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate, which recognizes researchers ranking in the top 1% by citations in the field by Web of Science.