Regular biography
Niranjan NAGARAJAN is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore. His research interests include bioinformatics, with a focus on knowledge discovery methods. He teaches courses such as CS4220 Knowledge Discovery Methods in Bioinformatics. His work is reflected in his publications and research projects. For more information, visit his profile page at https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/cs/people/niranjan or contact him at dcsnn@nus.edu.sg.
Scholar-generated biography
Niranjan Nagarajan is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, specializing in microbiome, metagenomics, computational biology, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and cancer genomics. His research focuses on developing computational methods for analyzing complex biological data, including genome assembly, variant calling, and metagenomic analysis. He has contributed to understanding cancer driver genes, antimicrobial resistance, and the role of the microbiome in disease. His work includes benchmarking metagenomics software, analyzing skin and urban microbiomes, and exploring RNA interactomes. Nagarajan's research integrates computational and experimental approaches to advance genomic and microbiome research.