Shaun A. Mahony

Shaun A. Mahony, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Penn State Cancer Institute. His research focuses on transcription factor dynamics, chromatin biology, and gene regulation mechanisms.

• NSF CAREER Award recipient for cross-cell type transcription factor binding prediction
• Multiple NIH/NIGMS grants for genomic regulatory programs and epigenetic modeling
• Developed innovative computational methods for epigenomic analysis

Research interests include:

• Transcription factor binding specificity
• Chromatin landscape analysis
• Computational epigenetics
• Gene regulatory network modeling
• Protein-DNA interaction dynamics
• Cancer-associated regulatory mechanisms

His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through genomic research advancements.