Thomas S. Brettin

Thomas Brettin’s current work focuses on developing projects at the intersection of genomics, artificial intelligence, and leadership-scale computing, as well as providing ongoing direction on existing artificial intelligence and computational biology initiatives at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago. 

Projects include the NIH-funded Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center, the DOE-funded Transformative AI Model Consortium, Innovative Methodologies and New Data for Predictive Oncology Model Evaluation, and the ARPA-H-funded Integrated AI and Experimental Approaches for Targeting Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in the Design of Anticancer Ligands, among others. 

More recently, he has initiated and executed projects that align with the strategic goal of applying artificial intelligence more broadly to various scientific applications. Over the past two decades, he has led numerous large-scale research projects, encompassing both laboratory and computational endeavors. These include associating genetic markers with human phenotypes, using genetic markers for fine-resolution identification of microbial pathogens, sequencing pathogen genomes, and comparative analysis of genomic sequences. 

Education

• Michigan State University, M.S., 1994
• Michigan State University, B.S., 1987

Synergistic Activities

• Program Committee: 2018-2019 International Workshop on Data Management and Analytics for Medicine and Healthcare