Lili Gai is the Director of High Performance Computing, overseeing Minerva Supercomputer processes and operations. Lili earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.

Eugene Fluder is a Computational Scientist supporting Minerva Supercomputer processes and operations. Gene received his PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Villanova University and worked for 33 years in the pharmaceutical industry at Merck & Co., Inc.

Jielin Yu is a Computational Scientist supporting Minerva Supercomputer processes and operations. He earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University.

Sharon Nirenberg is a physician informaticst coordinating the optimization and translation of data elements in the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model (CDM). Sharon holds an MD and MS.

AJ Caberto is a Database Analyst responsible for data extraction and analysis for clinical research studies. She holds a degree in Statistics and has over 6 years of experience working in clinical analytics, of which 3 years were spent in quality improvement, clinical and translational research.

Farhan Mahmood is the team’s IT Director responsible for coordinating MSDW and support teams. Farhan has over 25 years of experience in Business Intelligence and the Data Warehousing domain and has a degree in Computer Science. He currently oversees the operations for MSDW Data Warehouse, which includes the loading of data, assisting in new MSDW enhancements and improvements, and handling data requests from Physicians and Researchers. Farhan is also responsible for maintaining the hardware of both physical and virtual servers and upgrading current software that the team uses.

Jacob Weiser is the data warehouse Extract, Transform, and Load developer for the IT team.

Rupan Hossain is a database administrator for the IT team.

James “Chip” Masters is a computer scientist with over 20 years of experience in building ontologies and applying them in data management applications utilizing semantic technologies. His expertise is in data integration, knowledge representation and reasoning, and building and using semantic knowledge graphs. He is responsible for the development and application of the Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR) ontology, knowledge graph, and data repository. He also manages a team of computer scientists that are responsible for delivering cohort query tools, electronic data capture systems, and other research data services supporting clinicians and medical scientists within the School and hospital system. Dr. Masters has a PhD in Applied Mathematics.

Arthur Goldberg is a Data Developer and an associate professor in Genetics and Genomic Sciences.

Ranjini Kottaiyan is the Finance Director and is in charge of coordinating Research Engagement. Ranjini holds an MBA and an OD, and she has extensive experience in grants administration and healthcare operations.

Priscilla Acquaye facilitates user support through attention to detail and improved processes. She previously worked for NYU Hospital.

Jing Yang is an Applications Analyst responsible for facilitating the communication between faculty, staff, researchers, clinicians, and the Scientific Computing and Data team. Jing earned a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry from Indiana University.

Laura Dent is a technical writer responsible for developing and updating internal and public documentation. She previously taught college Writing and Linguistics.