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Ian Paul, MD, MSc, graduated from Penn State College of Medicine and completed his residency training at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. In addition to his responsibilities as a general pediatrician at Penn State Pediatrics and in the newborn nursery, Dr. Paul spends much of his time working on a variety of research projects and clinical trials that seek to improve health care for children and their families. His current research includes studies to prevent obesity and help breastfeeding newborns.

Kateryna is interested in genomics, evolution, and human genetics. Her lab studies mutations using both computational and experimental approaches. Additional topics of interest include sex chromosome evolution and genomics of childhood obesity.

Prof. Nekrutenko performed postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago where he found his interest in computational genomics. After moving to the Pennsylvania State University as an Assistant Professor, he and his collaborators developed the Galaxy platform for analysis of biological data. He is now a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and founding member of galaxyproject.org.