Hi! I’m Eric, and I help scientists find meaning in data. For years now, I have been working towards reliable computer models of gene activity, with a focus on human stem cells. The agenda of my Ph.D. was to understand the limits of modern gene activity models and relevant data. My work on false discovery rate control in network inference and assessing predictions about genetic perturbations demonstrated that we are a long way from having what we need in this domain.

My Ph.D. work was jointly supervised by Patrick Cahan (lab site) and Alexis Battle (lab site) in the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Department. My perspective is also heavily informed by four years providing bioinformatics support for Rene Maehr’s lab (intro post, lab site) at UMass Medical School.

This is my personal blog: a venue to write about interesting topics, boost signals for good work, and make my modest contribution to the vitality of the blogosphere. Opinions are my own.

I am also a musician.

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One privilege of this type of work is talking with people who are interested in the same highly specific topics. If you’d like to get in touch … please do! You can find me on the bottom banner via email, LinkedIn, or Twitter.