Shaun Mahony

Contact:
email: mahony@psu.edu
phone: (814) 865-3008
address: 404 South Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802

Bio:
Dr. Shaun Mahony is an Associate Professor and the Eberly Distinguished Senior Scholar in Genomics in the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department and the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation at Penn State University. He received his B.E. in Electronic & Computer Engineering and his Ph.D. in Information Technology (Computational Biology) at the University of Galway in Ireland. He was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Benos Lab at the University of Pittsburgh (2 years), a Research Scientist in the Gifford Lab at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (5 years), and a visiting scientist in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University (1 year). He began his faculty appointment at Penn State in 2012. His research group focuses on building machine learning applications to understand transcription factor binding specificity, particularly in the context of cell fate decisions. He has published over 60 research articles, and his research is supported by a CAREER award from NSF and a MIRA award from NIH. 

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