- I cannot reply to every email from prospective students, even though I would like to. Perhaps you can find your answer here.
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Q. My CV is attached. Please take a look and comment on
my admission chances.
A. Your CV is indeed exceptional. Yet, I cannot comment on
your chances. Each year, an admissions committee looks at all
applications and decides the 'admissible' students. A subset of these
are offered admission based on the interests of all faculty as well as
other factors such as funding. I hope you will consider applying to
UCSD.
- Q. I want to work with you. Do you have space in your lab next year?
A. Currently, I expect my 'lab' to add 1-2 students each year,
so I can have a steady state average of 5-7 PhD. students. If you are
not here yet, please mention my name in your application. If you are
here already (or admitted to UCSD), please send me an email and we can
talk about some research problems. In general, my own research
interests are quite broad, and my current students often point me in
new and exciting directions. So I am always available to listen to
your new ideas.
- Q. What kind of a background should I have to work with you?
A. There is no requirement. We work on designing novel tools
for analyzing biological data. In the past, some of my students had no
prior biology background, while others were quite proficient. Most
have some background in algorithms, and some mathematical maturity. If
this does not help, or you feel your background is different, please
attend one of my classes,
or do a rotation with me.
- Q. I want to set up a meeting with you but you haven't replied to my email.
A. My apologies. Setting up meeting times is hard over email. Please call me if you want to set up a meeting time. Email is good for all other requests.
- Q. I am a sophomore/junior at IITx, and would like to come over the summer for an internship
A. Unfortunately, I do not usually have funding to support
international students on internships. If you are studying at UCSD, or
locally, and would like some research experience, please come by.
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