Lingrong Jin

Lingrong Jin joined the lab in 2022 as a PhD student. She obtained her bachelor's degreein Statistics and Biology from Duke University and master's degree from University of California, Berkeley. Through working on interdisciplinary research projects in environmental science, statistics and biology, she developed an interest in microbiome research and biostatistics. In her doctoralstudy, she hopes to apply machine learning methods in bioresource discovery from metagenomic data as well as develop bioinformatic tools to facilitate the bioprospecting efforts.