Assistant Professor, Biology, LUMS

Dr. Aziz Mithani is interested in the development of computational tools and techniques to model and analyse biological systems, and to investigate how different organisms evolve over time. His prior work focused on modelling the evolution and analysis of the properties of metabolic networks and on the evolution of bread wheat.

He received his Masters in Computer Sciences from FAST-NU, Karachi, MPhil in Computational Biology from University of Cambridge, DPhil in Statistics (Computational Biology) from University of Oxford in November 2009. He also completed a research internship at Paulsson Lab at Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, and held a postdoctoral research position at Harberd Lab at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford.

Assistant Professor, Biology, LUMS

Dr. Safee Ullah Chaudhary is affiliated with the Department of Biology at LUMS since 2014 where he established the Biomedical Informatics Research Laboratory (BIRL). Prior to that, he headed the design and development of Ultimus XML Formula Engine and his graduate work on computational modelling of multiscale cancer systems biology led to the development of a next-generation modelling platform, Electronic Cancer System (ELECANS), for applications in the area.

He received his B.S. in computer systems engineering from the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan in 2002. He obtained an M.S. and Ph.D. in 2008 and 2013, respectively, from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).