Stephen Douglass

Stephen Douglass serves as an Associate Professor of Bioinformatics at Connecticut College, where he has been a faculty member since 2019. Holding both B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, he bridges computer science and biology through interdisciplinary research and teaching.

His educational background:

• B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
• Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Douglass specializes in developing computational methods to solve biological problems, with research spanning gene expression analysis, genome assembly, microRNA regulation, and population dynamics of local species. His work integrates machine learning and Bayesian statistics across applications in ecology, agriculture, biofuels, and human health. Core research areas include Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Algorithm Design, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Genomics.

He actively mentors undergraduate students from biology and computer science departments, guiding personalized research projects through a collaborative, hands-on approach. His teaching emphasizes real-world applications and current research integration across departmental courses.