Team
Meet the members of the ES Bioinformatics and AI Lab.
Principal Investigator
Edwin Solares, Ph.D.
Lecturer, UC San Diego
Computer Science & Engineering | Halicioglu Data Science Institute
Edwin is a computational biologist bridging AI, evolutionary genomics, and climate-resilient agriculture. His research has been published in Nature Plants, PNAS, Genome Research, and other leading journals.
Education:
Ph.D. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine (2021)
M.S. Biology, UC Irvine (2019)
B.S. Biomedical Computing, UC Irvine (2014)
Graduate Students
Currently accepting Masters students. Can co-mentor Ph.D. students. Interested students should contact Dr. Solares.
Undergraduate Researchers
Positions available for motivated undergraduates interested in computational biology, machine learning, or agricultural genomics.
Collaborators
- Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia - UC Riverside, Department of Botany & Plant Sciences
- Dr. Kwasi Connor - UC Irvine, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Dr. Jackson Gross - UC Davis, Department of Animal Sciences
- Dr. Adam Summers - University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories
- Dr. Brandon Gaut - UC Irvine, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Dr. Dario Cantu - UC Davis, Viticulture & Enology
Alumni
Coming soon
Join the Lab
We are actively recruiting motivated researchers at all levels:
Graduate Students: Currently accepting Masters students. Can co-mentor Ph.D. students through the UCSD Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or Data Science programs.
Undergraduates: Research opportunities available for students interested in computational biology, machine learning, or agricultural applications.
Postdocs: Contact Dr. Solares directly to discuss potential projects and funding opportunities.
Contact: esolares [at] ucsd [dot] edu