ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BIOENGINEERING

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, M.I.T. 1994
• M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, M.I.T. 1995
• Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology, University of Washington 2001

Trey Ideker, Ph. D. is Associate Professor of Bioengineering at UC San Diego, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, and Member of the Moores UCSD Cancer Center.  He received predoctoral degrees from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Molecular Biology under the supervision of Dr. Leroy Hood.  Ideker is a pioneer in using genome-scale measurements to construct network models of cellular processes and disease.  His recent research activities include development of software and algorithms for protein network analysis, network-level comparison of pathogens, and genome-scale models of the response to DNA-damaging agents.  His work has been featured recently in the Scientist, Technology Review, the San Diego Union Tribune, and Forbes magazine.