Rui Xiao
in Team
Rui Xiao is a bioinformatician who joined the lab in June 2024 after earning his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the University of Georgia under the mentorship of Dr. Jessica Kissinger. Rui’s PhD work made important contributions to elucidating the transcriptional and epigenetic landscape of the protozan parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum. Since joining the lab, he has been instrumental in developing and optimizing bioinformatics workflows using platforms such as Airflow and Nextflow. Additionally, Rui has a keen interest in studying and fine-tuning local large-language models. Outside the lab, Rui enjoys running and virtual reality fitness training.
