Aziz Khan
Assistant Professor Of Computational Biology
Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolAziz Khan is an assistant professor of computational biology with 11 years of experience at the intersection of regulatory genomics, epigenomics, and cancer biology, currently leading the Computational Biology and Cancer Regulatory Genomics Lab at MBZUAI. He combines rigorous academic training (PhD in Bioinformatics from Tsinghua) with hands-on research roles at Stanford and the University of Oslo, developing methods to probe chromatin dynamics and tumor initiation. Aziz brings a strong computational and software background—rooted in earlier roles as a software engineer and web developer—enabling him to apply machine learning and scalable analysis pipelines to complex genomic data. He also designs and teaches courses (Stanford Biosciences mini-course), signaling a talent for translating technical research into accessible training. Based in Abu Dhabi, he pairs global research experience with practical tool-building, maintaining an active lab website and a focus on reproducible, programmable genomics workflows.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Bioinformatics, PhD, Bioinformatics at Tsinghua UniversityMSc, Information Technology, MSc, Information Technology at Quaid-i-Azam University, IslamabadMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at National University of Computer and Emerging SciencesBachelor of Science - BSc, Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Mathematics and Physics at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)Master of Science in Management and Leadership - MSML, Master of Science in Management and Leadership - MSML at Western Governors UniversityGraduate Course in Project Management, A, Graduate Course in Project Management, A at Harvard Extension School
English, Urdu, Chinese, Norwegian
Github Skills (83)
package-management10
conda-forge10
bioconda10
venn-diagram10
ats10
conda10
visualization10
genome-analysis10
bioinformatics10
genomics9
phylogenetics9
crossword9
sequence-alignment9
social-media8
science8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
asntech/intervene
Jan 2017 - Sep 2022
Intervene: a tool for intersection and visualization of multiple genomic region and gene sets
Contributions:17 releases, 199 commits, 5 PRs in 5 years 9 months
visualizationgenome-analysisvenn-diagramheatmaps
FAIR-biomed/fair-biomed.github.io
Oct 2017 - Dec 2019
FAIR-biomed website
Contributions:7 commits, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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