Yana Bromberg

Yana Bromberg
AwardsISCB Fellow (2025)
Scientific career
InstitutionsEmory University
Thesis Prediction and analysis of effects of non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms on (product) protein function[1]  (2006)
Doctoral advisorBurkhard Rost[2]

Yana Bromberg is a Ukrainian computational biologist and professor of bioinformatics at Emory University.[3]

Early life and education

Bromberg was born in Ukraine and moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1992, aged 11.[2] Bromberg graduated with a BA in biology and a BEng in computer science from Stony Brook University in 2001. She later gained an MPhil (2004) and PhD (2007) in biomedical informatics from Columbia University.[3] Her thesis, on predicting the effects of SNPs on protein function, was supervised by Burkhard Rost.

Career and research

Bromberg's research interests include protein function prediction and artificial intelligence.[3]

Awards and honours

Bromberg was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2016.[4] In 2025, Bromberg was named by the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) as an ISCB Fellow.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Yana Bromberg CV" (PDF). Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b Grosholz, Ella (23 March 2020). "Bromberg Yana". TUM Community. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Bromberg, Yana. "Yana Bromberg". BrombergLab. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Bioinformaticist Yana Bromberg Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award : Newsroom". sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Emory computational biologist Yana Bromberg named ISCB Fellow | Emory University | Atlanta GA". news.emory.edu. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  6. ^ "March 11, 2025: ISCB Announces the 2025 Class of Fellows". www.iscb.org. Retrieved 21 July 2025.