Yang Da

Yang Da is a Professor at the University of Minnesota. His office is located at 265D Haecker Hall, 1364 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108. He holds a Ph.D. in Quantitative Genetics from the University of Illinois, an M.S. in Statistics from Iowa State University, and an M.S. in Quantitative Genetics from Beijing Agricultural University.

• Education:
• Ph.D., University of Illinois, Quantitative Genetics
• M.S., Iowa State University, Statistics
• M.S., Beijing Agricultural University, Quantitative Genetics

His research focuses on statistical genetics and genomics, including the development of analytical and computational tools for genome-wide SNP analysis. He leads the NSF/NIH EDGE Project and contributes to animal genomics research. Teaching includes courses such as ANSC/CMB 5200: Statistical Genetics and Genomics and ANSC 8141: Mixed Model Methods for Genetic Analysis.

He has developed software tools for genetic analysis, including resources for Giant Panda SNP data.