Ben Raphael

Professor of Computer Science

Website: https://www.cs.princeton.edu/people/profile/braphael

Office: Computer Science, 309

Research interests: Developing and applying computational and mathematical methods to address biological questions at the molecular and cellular level. Human and cancer genomics, including algorithmic approaches to identify and interpret genomic alterations in genomes, reconstruct tumor evolution, and discover novel therapeutic interventions. Comparative genomics, particularly analysis of genome rearrangements in evolution. Algorithms for analysis of data from high-throughput genomics and proteomics technologies.

Innovation funds support research in robotics, machine learning, climate resilience and more
Faculty commended for outstanding teaching
New method melds data to make a 3-D map of cells’ activities
Algorithms uncover cancers’ hidden genetic losses and gains
Study uncovers potential cancer-causing mutations in genes’ control switches
DataX effort jumpstarts demonstration data science project at Princeton