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Ali Bashashati
Director of AI Research at BC Ovarian Cancer Research Centre (OVCARE), Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering & Pathology
- PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
- MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
- BSc in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Hossein Farahani
Lead Machine Learning Scientist
- PhD in Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- MSc in Space Science & Technology, The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany
- MSc in Robotics & Automation Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
- BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Maryam Asadi
Post-doctoral Fellow
- PhD in Computer Engineering (Artificial Intelligence), Sharif University of Technology, Iran
- MSc in Software Engineering, IUST, Iran
- BSc in Software Engineering, IUST, Iran

Kelly YP Liu
Post-doctoral Fellow
- PhD in Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada
- MSc in Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada
- BSc in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Pouya Ahmadvand
Machine Learning Engineer
- MASc in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
- MASc in Computer Engineering (Software), Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Iran
- BSc in Computer Engineering (Software), Isfahan University, Iran

Ramin Nakhli
PhD Student
- PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
- MASc in Computer Engineering (Artificial Intelligence), University of Tehran, Iran
- BSc in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Katherine Rich
PhD Student
- PhD student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
- BSc in Electrical Engineering (minor in Biomedical Engineering), University of Toronto, Canada

Puria Azadi
PhD Student
- PhD student in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
- MSc in Computer Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- BSc in Electrical Engineering and minor in Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

Ali Khajegili Mirabadi
PhD Student
- PhD student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
- BSc in Electrical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
- BSc in Mathematics, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

Nikolay ALabi
MD/PhD Student
- MD/PhD Student (Bioinformatics), University of British Columbia, Canada
- BSc in Life Sciences, Queens University, Canada

Mayur Mallya
PhD Student
- PhD student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
- MSc in Computer Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- BSc in Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NIT-K), India

Benham Maneshgar
PhD Student
- PhD Student in Bioinformatics, University of Brithish Columbia, Canada
- MSc in Computer Science, Concordia University, Canada
- BEng in Software Engineering, Isfahan University, Ira

Cindy Shi
MAScStudent
- MASc student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Combined BSc (Hon) in Biology and Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Canada

Elahe Ranjbari
MSc Student
- MSc student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
- BSc in Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technolog

Michael Diaz-Stewart
MASc Student
- MASc student in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Hons. BSc in Biology (Biomedical Science), York Univeristy, Canada

Maedeh Mirzazadeh
MSc Student
- MSc student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
- BSc in Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Haoran Liu
Visiting Student
- PhD student in Computer Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
- BSc in Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China

Faezeh Moradi
Research Intern
- PhD Candidate in Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
- MASc in Computer Engineer, University of Tehran, Iran
- BSc in Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
ALUMNI
- Graham Archibald – MASc Student
- Parisa Beygi – MASc Student
- Irem Eren – Lab Tech
- Amir Hadjifaradji – MASc Student
- Jeffery Boschman – Graduate Student
- Colin Chen – Co-op Student
- AmirAli Darbandsari – machine learning scientist
- Christopher Halim – Summer Student
- Tina Li – Graduate Intern
- Mitchell Nursey – Co-op Student
- Jason Peng – Research Intern
- Kareem Shammout – Co-op Student
- Sanne Van Delan – Co-op Student
- Ashley Van Spankeren – Co-op Student
- Yiping Wang – Co-op Student
- Matthew Wiens – Graduate Student
- Yang Xia – Co-op Student
- Tony Xu – Co-op Student
- Sina Zareian – Co-op Student