Sohini Ramachandran, PhD
Brown University
"Sohini Ramachandran is the Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology at Brown University, where she also holds a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. As the Founding Director of Brown’s Data Science Institute, she led the university’s data science initiatives from 2020 to 2024, having previously directed the Center for Computational Molecular Biology (2017–2022).
Dr. Ramachandran holds a PhD from Stanford University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, where she was also a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. Her research has been recognized with numerous honors, including a Sloan Research Fellowship, the Pew Biomedical Scholar award, and a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE). She currently serves as the Program Director for Brown’s NIH T32 Predoctoral Training Program in Biological Data Science. A dedicated educator, she has been honored with the Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship and the Philip J. Bray Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her self-competitive spirit is fueled by having misspelled 'succedaneum' at the 1995 National Spelling Bee."
Dr. Ramachandran holds a PhD from Stanford University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, where she was also a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. Her research has been recognized with numerous honors, including a Sloan Research Fellowship, the Pew Biomedical Scholar award, and a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE). She currently serves as the Program Director for Brown’s NIH T32 Predoctoral Training Program in Biological Data Science. A dedicated educator, she has been honored with the Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship and the Philip J. Bray Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her self-competitive spirit is fueled by having misspelled 'succedaneum' at the 1995 National Spelling Bee."
