After obtaining his B.S. from Bilkent University in Computer Science in 2003, Dr. Baysan completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas in 2005 and 2008, respectively. In 2010, Dr. Baysan switched his research focus to the area of computational biology as a post-doctoral fellow at the Neuro-Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the NIH, USA. After his fellowship, he moved to NYU Cancer Institute and later to Weill Cornell Medical College as an Associate Research Scientist in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Currently, he is a faculty member in the Computer Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University. Since 2010, his research has centered on improving our understanding of disease genomics using computational tools. His groups recent studies had focused on efficient implementations and detailed evaluations of sequencing analyses algorithms for better utilization of sequencing technologies in both research projects and clinical practice.
