Team

Cristian Bologa, PhD
Cristian is a key contributor to several projects including Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) Knowledge Management Center, and Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE), DrugCentral.org, and others. His research interests include computational pharmaceutical discovery.Research Professor
cbologa@salud.unm.edu

Jeremy Edwards, PhDJeremy is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. He is the PI for the Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) Knowledge Management Center (KMC).
Professor and Department Chair
jsedward@unm.edu

Grace Faustino
Professional Consultant, Technical
gfaustino@salud.unm.edu

Jayme Holmes
Jayme is a key contributor to several projects including Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) Knowledge Management Center (KMC) and Resource Dissemination and Outreach Center (RDOC), and Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE), and DrugCentral.org, as lead UI developer.IT Project Mgr 3
 holmesjayme@salud.unm.edu

Priyansh Kedia
Visiting Scholar
PKedia@salud.unm.edu

Praveen Kumar, CS PhD
Praveen in November 2022 successfully defended his PhD dissertation 'Machine Learning Methods for Computational Phenotyping Using Patient Healthcare Data with Noisy Labels' with advisor Christophe Lambert. As graduate research assistant, since 2018, he has contributed his CS and ML expertise to several projects, and will fill an expanded key role as a research staff member.Research Assistant Professor
pkumar@salud.unm.edu

Scott Malec, PhD
Assistant Professor
SMalec@salud.unm.edu

Stephen Mathias, PhD
Steve has contributed with his expertise in genetics, molecular biology, software engineering and databases, in key roles to many projects, including Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) Knowledge Management Center (KMC), as lead developer for Target Central Resource Database (TCRD).Sr. Research Scientist
smathias@salud.unm.edu

Vincent Metzger, PhD
Vince joined the division in 2021 and has been a key contributor to projects including Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) Knowledge Management Center (KMC) and Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE). He is the project manager for Target Illumination and Novelty Explorer (TINX).Post-doctoral Research Fellow
vtmetzger@salud.unm.edu

Fariha Moomtaheen
Data Scientist 
 FMoomtaheen@salud.unm.edu

Tonya Morgan
Unit Administrator 3
 TCasteel@salud.unm.edu

Jack Ringer
Graduate Research Assistant
JARinger@salud.unm.edu

Ricardo Medrano Rodriguez
Office Assistant
RMedranoRodriguez@salud.unm.edu

Kristan Schneider, PhD
Professor
KASchneider@salud.unm.edu

Bivek Sharma Panthi
Student Research Assistant
BSharmaPanthi@salud.unm.edu

Swastika Tenkila Purushotham
Graduate Research Assistant
Swastitp@salud.unm.edu