Dr. Yupu Liang joined Alexion as the head of bioinformatics engineering in September 2022. She is responsible for the development and implementation of integrated data solutions to facilitate streamlined and comprehensive data access and analysis.
Dr. Liang bring over 20 years of experience and leadership in data science across compactional biology, cancer genomics, translational research, and clinical genomics.
Prior to joining Alexion, Dr. Liang was the team lead for clinical genomic platform (Profile) at the DFCI. Before that, she held the position of the Director of Research Bioinformatics at Rockefeller University, where she established a research bioinformatics group that conduct independent research while collaborating with investigators across all disease areas within the center for clinical and translational research. Additionally, she served as co-PI of the CTSA grant during her time at Rockefeller University . Prior to her tenure at Rockefeller, Dr. Liang was a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer and Group Leader at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Yupu Liang obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Nanjing University and her PhD in Computer Science from CUNY