Lucy Tian

Lucy is currently a second-year Ph.D. student in Computational Biology at Cornell University. She received her M.S. in Computational Biology and Quantitative Genetics from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and her B.S. in Microbial Biology and B.A. in Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Prior to starting her Ph.D., she worked with Yosuke on improving polygenic score prediction in underrepresented populations by incorporating heterogeneous functional annotations. Her current research interests lie at the intersection of population genetics and statistical genetics, including how demographic history, ancestry, and genetic architecture shape patterns of complex trait variation. Outside of research, Lucy enjoys hiking with her dog and is working toward becoming an Adirondack 46er by climbing all 46 high peaks in the Adirondack Mountains.