Rohit Singh
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & BioinformaticsOverview
Rohit Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and Cell Biology at Duke Univ. His research interests are broadly in computational biology, with a focus on using machine learning to make drug discovery more efficient. Currently, he's exploring how single-cell genomics and large language models can help decode disease mechanisms and aid in identifying new targets and drugs. He is the recipient of the Test of Time Award at RECOMB, MIT's George M. Sprowls Award for his PhD thesis in Computer Science, and Stanford's Christopher Stephenson Memorial Award for Masters Research in the same field. In addition to academia, he has experience in the industry.
Positions
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics in the School of Medicine
2023 School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology in the School of Medicine
2023 School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
2024 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering
2023 Pratt School of Engineering
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2025 School of Medicine
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology