Overview

Dr. Xu is a Sr. Bioinformatics Research Scientist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. His current work is focused on pediatric cancer genomics powered by NGS technologies. He has over 10 years’ experience in molecular evolution, population genetics, and their intersection with complex disease genetics and cancer genomics.

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (2017)
• PhD - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (2013)

Professional Experience

Time	Position	PI/Supervisor	Institution
2019-	Sr. Bioinformatics	Gang Wu	St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
	Research Scientist
2017-2019	Bioinformatics	Gang Wu	St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
	Research Scientist
2013-2017	Postdoctoral Fellow	Joel Dudley	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2008-2013	Research Assistant	Soojin Yi	Georgia Institute of Technology