Cynthia Ma

Cynthia Ma is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. She joined the McKelvey School of Engineering's teaching faculty in Fall 2022 following the completion of her PhD at Washington University in St. Louis (2022). She holds a BA in Biology and Computer Science from Swarthmore College (2014). Her research focuses on computational analysis of gene expression data, particularly modeling gene regulation and transcription factor activity across biological conditions. She currently teaches data mining and bridges her research expertise in bioinformatics with computer science education.

Education:

• PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, 2022
• BA (Double Major: Biology & Computer Science), Swarthmore College, 2014

Research Interests:
Combines computational methods with biological systems analysis, specializing in transcriptional regulation and data-driven approaches to understand gene expression dynamics. Her work involves developing algorithms to infer transcription factor activity and model regulatory networks using large-scale genomic datasets.

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Advising/Grants: No student advisees or grant details provided. Previously conducted research in the Brent Lab at Washington University.