Steven Salzberg: brief biography

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MAILING ADDRESS
Prof. Steven L. Salzberg
Department of Biomedical Engineering
3100 Wyman Park Dr.
Wyman Park Building, Room S220
Baltimore, MD 21211
PHONE: 410-516-8246
EMAIL: s a l z b e r g (at) j h u . e d u

Forbes column: www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg
Personal blog (mirror of Forbes): genome.fieldofscience.com
Find me on Twitter at: @StevenSalzberg1

My Google Scholar page

I am the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University, where I’m also Director of the Center for Computational Biology. My group’s research focuses on the development of new computational methods for analysis of DNA from the latest sequencing technologies.  Over the years we have developed and applied  software to many problems in gene finding, genome assembly,  comparative genomics, evolutionary genomics, and sequencing technology itself.

Our current work emphasizes analysis of DNA and RNA sequenced with next-generation technology.  My blogs and other essays cover broader issues including pseudoscience, the problems of alternative medicine, the anti-vaccination movement, medical breakthroughs, and the influence of sports on higher education.  See the links elsewhere on this site for my scientific publications, my opinion pieces, and other news.

Personal

My father, Herman Salzberg, is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology, retired from the University of South Carolina, and my mother, Adele Salzberg, is a retired school teacher. My brother Alan Salzberg is the founder and principal of Salt Hill Statistical Consulting, a data analysis company. My brother Robert Salzberg has a physical therapy practice, and my sister Deborah Salzberg is a research scientist in the School of Public Health at USC.
 

My older daughter, Annika Salzberg, is a Ph.D. student in an entomology lab (@PovedaLab) at Cornell University, and my younger daughter, Alyssa Salzberg, is a Ph.D. student in French at Trinity College Dublin.