Xiuwei Zhang

Xiuwei Zhang is the J.Z. Liang Early-Career Assistant Professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering (SCoSE) at Georgia Institute of Technology, part of the College of Computing. Her research focuses on computational biology and bioinformatics, particularly in developing machine learning methods for analyzing single-cell omics data, including multi-modal, temporal, and spatial data integration. She leads a lab that designs tools like scDART, scMoMaT, and scMultiSim, which address challenges in multi-omics integration, lineage reconstruction, and simulation.

Before joining Georgia Tech, she held postdoctoral positions at UC Berkeley (Nir Yosef’s group), the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). She earned her PhD in computer science from EPFL under Bernard Moret. Her Erdős number is 3, reflecting her collaborative work across computational fields.

Her research spans four key areas: multi-batch/single-cell data integration, temporal analysis of cell differentiation, spatial-temporal omics dynamics, and simulation tools for benchmarking methods. She has received prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER Award (2022) and NIH MIRA (2021). She actively participates in conferences (RECOMB, ISMB) and serves on editorial boards (Journal of Computational Biology).

Her group’s recent work includes the scMultiSim simulator (2025), which generates multi-omics spatial data, and LinRace (2023), reconstructing cell lineage histories. She mentors over 15 students and collaborates internationally on projects like the InQuBATE Workshop on Single-Cell Transcriptomics.