Our People

*Primary CQS-sponsored faculty members.

CQS Members

  • Lynne D. Berry, PhD*

    Deputy Director, Center for Quantitative Sciences
    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

  • Kimberly Brown Dahlman, PhD

    Director and Project Management Officer
    Innovative Translational Research Shared Resource
    Associate Professor of Medicine

  • Irene Feurer, PhD

    Research Professor of Surgery and Biostatistics
    Director of Quantitative Services, Vanderbilt Transplant Center

  • Todd Giorgio, PhD

    Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Cancer Biology

  • Scott Guelcher, PhD

    Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

  • Jonathan Irish, PhD

    Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Scientific Director, Cancer & Immunology Core
    Scientific Director, Mass Cytometry Center of Excellence

  • Bennett Landman, PhD

    Director
    Vanderbilt Lab for Immersive AI Translation (VALIANT)
    Stevenson Chair of Engineering
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical Informatics, and Neurology

  • Ken S. Lau, PhD

    Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
    Professor of Surgery

  • Qi Liu, PhD*

    Director, CQS Omics Coordinating Center
    Professor of Biostatistics
    Technical Director, VANGARD

  • Sankaran Mahadevan, PhD

    John R. Murray Sr. Professor of Engineering
    Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Director
    Master's in Engineering Program in Risk, Reliability and Resilience Engineering
    Co-Director
    Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability (LASIR)

  • John McLean, PhD

    Stevenson Professor of Chemistry
    Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
    College of Arts and Science
    Co-Director, Automated Biosystems Core
    Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE)
    Deputy Director, Structural Mass Spectrometry and Omni-Omics
    VIIBRE
    Director
    Center for Innovative Technology: A Molecular Omics Resource

  • Gregor Neuert, PhD

    Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmacology

  • Yu Shyr, PhD, Dr(hc), FASA, FAAAS, FAACR

    Harold L. Moses Chair in Cancer Research
    Chair, Department of Biostatistics
    Director, Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences
    Director, Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics Analysis and Research Design (VANGARD)
    Professor of Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, and Health Policy

  • David S. Smith, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, and Electrical & Computer Engineering

  • John P. Wikswo, PhD

    Gordon A. Cain University Professor
    A.B. Learned Professor of Living State Physics
    Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
    Professor of Physics

  • Jing Yang

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

  • Jamey D. Young, PhD

    Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering
    Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
    Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
    Director of Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering