Aaron Diaz

Aaron Diaz is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, holding dual appointments in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (since 2014) and the Department of Neurological Surgery (since 2015). He earned his PhD in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University (2003) after completing a BS in Mathematics at New York University (1997).

• Research focuses on computational biology, brain tumor heterogeneity, and precision oncology.
• Develops single-cell sequencing and machine learning approaches to model tumor evolution.
• Created software tools like SCell and HiTSelect for high-throughput data analysis.

Key awards include the Society for Neuro-Oncology Adult Basic Research Award (2016) and Brain Tumor SPORE Career Development Award (2015). His publications emphasize single-cell transcriptomics, tumor microenvironment interactions, and mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in brain cancers. Grants include P50 CA097257 (NCI) and R01 NS075998 (NINDS).