Rossie Luo
1st Year Ph.D. student, SSPB, multiple genome alignment and genotype-to-phenotype analysis
Rossie (1st year PhD student, SSPB). Rossie worked in the synthetic biology industry for two years before starting her PhD program in Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology (SSPB) at Rice. Her current research focuses on microbial metagenomics with strain-level comparative analysis to identify potential virulence factors. She is also working on expanding the features and applications of Parsnp, a fast and robust whole genome alignment tool. Her main interests are exploring the genotype-phenotype relationships while developing tools to enable and accelerate biological discoveries. In particular, she wants to learn more about the impact of genetic differences on protein structure/function and ultimately the fitness of an organism in a specific environment.
Outside of research, she enjoys nature, running and spending time with her dog.