Lior S. Pachter

Lior S. Pachter is the Bren Professor of Computational Biology and Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He holds a B.S. from Caltech (1994) and a Ph.D. from MIT (1999). His affiliations include the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering at Caltech.

• Roles: Faculty member, Principal Investigator
• Departments: Computational Biology and Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Research interests span computational and experimental genomics, with a focus on single-cell sequencing technologies and RNA biology. His lab develops tools like kallisto, sleuth, and gget for genomic analysis. Key contributions include methods for quantifying RNA-Seq data and analyzing high-dimensional genomic datasets.

Publications highlight advancements in spatial genomics, bioinformatics tools, and genomic data retrieval. His work emphasizes open-source software, with repositories hosted on GitHub.