Yuriy Fofanov's Email & Phone

Dr. Yuriy Fofanov, CTO/Co-Founder. Dr. Fofanov, the inventor of Eureka Genomics' core technology, is in charge of the development and implementation of the company's computational technology. He is also an Associate Professor of Computer Science, Biology and Biochemistry, Director of the Bioinformatics Lab at University of Houston, Adjunct Associate Professor Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry, Rice University, Houston TX, Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. Health Informatics, School of Health Information Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX, and faculty member of the Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX. Since 2001, his lab at the University of Houston has been conducting research in the area of analysis of statistical properties of short subsequences in microbial genomes and their link to pathogen evolution and identification. Dr. Fofanov's lab has developed several highly efficient algorithms and software applications for the analysis of genomic sequences. His lab also created and maintains a large collection of over 200,000 genomic sequences. His research focuses on the development of new pathogen detection technologies and general understanding of virulence and the dynamic of the host-pathogen interaction. At the University of Houston, Dr. Fofanov's research is supported by various U.S. federal (NIH, DHS, W. M. Keck foundation) and State of Texas (Texas Learning and Computational Center) sources (total awards amount - $5.5M+ during last seven years).