Yuri Pritykin

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Yuri Pritykin is an assistant professor of computer science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. He is also affiliated with the Department of Molecular Biology, the Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute and the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning. He received his PhD in computer science from Princeton University and MSc and PhD in mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University. His main interest and expertise are in using applied statistics, machine learning, and efficient algorithms to address fundamental problems in biology and medicine by integrative analysis of multi-dimensional data. He was awarded an NSF CAREER award in 2023 and a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2022. His work has been recognized by the Princeton Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and the American Association for Cancer Research.