Summary
Rendong Yang is an Associate Professor of cancer genomics and bioinformatics based in Chicago with 13 years of experience translating high-throughput data into biological insight. He combines deep expertise in microarray and cancer genomics analysis with hands-on programming in Python and R, developed across roles from postdoc to faculty at Emory, University of Minnesota, and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. His work bridges method development and applied analysis, mentoring trainees and actively recruiting postdocs and graduate students to expand his lab’s impact. Trained in computer science (BS) and bioinformatics (PhD) at China Agricultural University, he brings a computationally rigorous perspective to experimental cancer biology. Less obvious: he transitioned early-career from bioinformatics analyst roles into independent faculty leadership, reflecting strong skills in both collaborative support and research direction.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at China Agricultural University