Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
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Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Texas at San Antonio
Email: yuxuan.du@utsa.edu
Biography
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I completed my Ph.D. in Bioinformatics at the University of Southern California under the supervision of Dr. Fengzhu Sun and earned my B.S. in Statistics from Wuhan University, advised by Dr. Jieli Ding.
My research focuses on developing statistical and machine-learning methods for genomic studies, such as metagenomics and transcriptomics. I am also interested in designing statistical and deep-learning methodologies. This effort has resulted in my contributions being featured at leading bioinformatics conferences, such as RECOMB, and published in top-tier journals, including Nature Communications, Genome Biology, and Patterns, among others. I was awarded a three-year Viterbi Research Fellowship and was named a CAMS Excellence in Research.
Research Interest
Research Interest
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Applied Statistics and Artificial Intelligience
Metagenomics and Transcriptomics
Cell Cytology and Cancer Genomics
Large Language Model and Genomic Foundation Model
Lab Members
Lab Members
Ph.D. Students:
Ph.D. Students:
Shiyuan Wang: B.S. and MS in Electrical Engineering, University of California at San Diago
Master Students:
Master Students:
Dia Aldeen Farabi: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio
Research Intership Students:
Chentong Sun: MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California
Yiqiao Zhu: MS in Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Aaron Gonzalez: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, UT Health San Antonio
Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
Hang Yu: MS in Computer Science. Current Role: Software Engineer at Tiktok
Idris Ali: MS in Artificial Intelligence
Service on Academic Committees
Service on Academic Committees
Ph.D. Students:
Ph.D. Students:
Mostafa Malmir, PhD in Electrical Engineering
Xiangxing Guo, PhD in Electrical Engineering
Stacy Willson, PhD in Electrical Engineering
Thesis: From Phishing to PLCs: AI-Driven Security Solutions Using Behavioral and Industrial Data
Master Students:
Master Students:
Miguel Lopez, MS in Computer Engineering, 2024/09 - 2024/12
Thesis: Large Language Model Implemented in Airport Customs
Brijesh Yadav, MS in Immunology & Infection, 2025/05 - Present
Thesis: Improving probiotic properties of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii through carbohydrate supplementation
Desiree Rivers, MS in Computer Engineering, 2025/08 - 2025/10
Thesis: A game-theoretic and AI approach to secure and intelligent hospital at home monitoring
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