Armin Pourshafeie

Armin Pourshafeie

Quantitative Researcher

Email:
armin[at]pourshafeie[dot]com

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About:


I enjoy working on real-world data-driven problems. Currently, I am a quantitative researcher at Citadel. Before that I graduated with a phD in Phyiscs and M.S. in statistics from Stanford University. My PhD was under the supervision of Prof. Carlos D. Bustamante in the department of biomedical data sciences. My department of physics co-advisor was Prof. Steven Chu. My primary research interest focused on developing approaches for performing decentralized GWAS. I am also interested in modeling biological systems using the tools of network analysis. See my research page for a detailed list of my projects.
Prior to Stanford, I studied physics and mathematics at Harvard University and had the opportunity to do research with Prof. Isaac F. Silvera in high-pressure physics and, Prof. Abhijit Majumder in theoretical high-energy physics.

News:



• I am moderating Technical Approaches and Guidelines for Proatecting Privacy of Genetic Data on Oct, 17th at ASHG.
You may submit questions here.
• Our paper Caring without Sharing is now on biorxiv. I look forward to your comments before we submit this work.
• Great video from Last Week Tonight on gene editing and some of the associated moral dilemmas.