Graduate Education
in Systems Biology
Meet Our Students
Read profiles of our PhD students to learn about their experience and research.
The Columbia University Department of Systems Biology invites applications from students interested in pursuing careers at the frontiers of modern biology. You will learn to apply powerful, multidisciplinary approaches and address critical biological questions from the perspective of complex genomic and molecular systems.
PhD education at Columbia stresses the importance of high-throughput experimentation, quantitative analysis of large biological data sets, and innovative technology development. Whether your primary interest is in experimental or computational research in systems biology, the experience you gain will prepare you to participate in cutting-edge science that integrates the two.
This year’s application deadline is December 1, 2023.
News
Harris Wang, PhD will receive $600,000 over two years for a subaward from the Department of Energy for "From Sequence to Cell to Population: Secure and Robust Biosystems Design for Environmental Microorganisms."
Harris Wang, PhD will receive $427,700 over one year from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for "Profiling diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) using stool-based RNAs."