CV
I am a computational biologist with primary focus on developing methods for single cell multi-omics analysis.
General Information
| Full Name | Zhen Miao |
| zhenmiao_at_pennmedicine_dot_upenn_dot_edu |
Education
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2019-Now PhD in Genomics and Computational Biology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania - Advisor: Prof. Junhyong Kim
- Thesis
- Statistical modeling of single cell multiomics data
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2019-Now Dual MA in Statistics and Data Science
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Advisor: Prof. Nancy Zhang
- Thesis
- Detecting spatial niches in spatial transcriptomics data
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2015-2019 BS in Biology
Nankai University, Tianjin, China - Minor in Mathematics
Academic Interests
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Single cell multiomics
- Develop statistical tools for analyzing single cell multiomics data
- Uncover regulatory logit with single cell multiomics profiling data
- Use single cell data to understand human complex traits
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Kidney development and diseases
- Understand kidney developmental dynamics using novel technologies
- Understand repairing mechanisms after acute kidney injury
Honors and Awards
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2022 Blavatnik Family Fellowship in Biomedical Research
- One of the six awardees across Penn Medicine Ph.D. candidates
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2019 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards (ASHG, semi-finalist)
- Awarded to ~top 10% platform presenters in the ASHG annual meeting
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2019 ACGA Trainee Awards (predoctoral)
- Awarded to the top 3 predoctoral students’ platform presentations
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2019 Outstanding Graduate
- Awarded to selected students for academic excellence
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2019 National Scholarship
- Awarded to the top 1 student based on academic performance
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2018 Poling Scholarship
- Awarded to the top 10 student based on academic performance
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2017 National Scholarship
- Awarded to the top 1 student based on academic performance
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2017 The first prize, The 5th Life Sciences Students’ Experimental Skills Competition in Tianjin
Platform Presentations
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2023 - ReBuilding A Kidney (RBK) semi-annual meeting
- NIH Junior Atlas Builder meeting (lightning talk)
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2021 - Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IRM) Stem Cell Club
- ReBuilding A Kidney (RBK) semi-annual meeting
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2020 - The American Society of Nephrology annual meeting (ASN kidney week), poster talk
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2019 - The 69th American Society of Human Genomics (ASHG) annual meeting (with Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award, semi-finalist)
- MidAtlantic Bioinformatics Conference (lightning talk)