Mehdi Foroozandeh
Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
I am a a Ph.D. candidate in the Computing Science department at Simon Fraser University focusing on computational biology and machine learning.
Currently, I also work as a Graduate Scientist at Roche Diagnostics.
Ph.D. In Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
2023 - Present
M.Sc. In Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
2020 - 2022
BSc. Cell and Molecular Biology - Microbiology
University of Tehran
2015 - 2019
Graduate Scientist
Roche
2025 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant
Simon Fraser University
2020 - Present
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Tehran
2019 - 2020
Open-source research tools and computational frameworks.
A self-supervised deep learning framework for denoising and imputing epigenomic data with confidence-aware prediction for robust genomic analysis.
Evaluation of chromatin state annotation confidence and reproducibility.
Generalized machine learning-based framework for automated enzyme discovery from metagenomic data.
Machine learning-based framework for targeted cellulase discovery from metagenomic data.
A machine learning tool that predicts thermal activity of xylanase enzymes from sequence features to support targeted enzyme discovery and screening.
Peer-reviewed publications
Integrative chromatin state annotation of 234 human ENCODE4 cell types using Segway
Genome Research
CANDI: self-supervised, confidence-aware denoising imputation of genomic data
bioRxiv, 2025.01
Robust chromatin state annotation
Genome Research
Precision enzyme discovery through targeted mining of metagenomic data
Natural Products and Bioprospecting
A computational learning paradigm to targeted discovery of biocatalysts from metagenomic data: A case study of lipase identification
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Evaluating the reproducibility of segmentation and genome annotation (SAGA) algorithms
Simon Fraser University
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