Russell S. Schwartz

Russell S. Schwartz is a Professor and Department Head of Computational Biology at Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT and has postdoctoral training in computational biology. His research focuses on algorithmic and machine learning approaches to understand complex biological systems, particularly cancer genomics and tumor evolution. Key areas include clonal lineage inference, tumor phylogenetics, and multi-omics data integration.

He leads initiatives in computational cancer research, developing tools like TUSV and MosaicSim for tumor evolution modeling. His lab also addresses challenges in bioinformatics education, contributing to the ISCB Competency Framework. Current projects emphasize spatial tumor modeling, ctDNA dynamics, and precision oncology strategies.