Richard Allen White III

Richard Allen White III is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioinformatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, affiliated with the College of Computing and Informatics. His work spans bioinformatics, computational biology, virology, and microbial ecology, with a focus on understanding viral lifestyles in diverse ecosystems.

Education:

• B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from California State University – East Bay
• M.S. in Biology (Molecular Virology) from California State University – East Bay
• Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of British Columbia
• Postdoctoral training in Computational Biology at Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL)

Dr. White's research investigates how viral dynamics influence microbial communities in the rhizosphere, mammalian hosts, and modern microbialites. He combines multiomics approaches with computational tools for de novo genome assembly and functional annotation. Recent work includes developing bioinformatics platforms like NFixDB and MerCat2.

Scientific Awards:

• NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics Editors' Pick (2024)