Scientists

• Andrzej Wozniak
• Hendrik Heus
• Kamalakar Gulukota
• Denis Bayada
• Jun Wan

Andrzej Wozniak

Mr. Wozniak is responsible for the development of the high performance computing technology underlying GenomeQuest. With the company since 2001, Mr. Wozniak previously held a senior position in the simulation and development of Itanium based multi-processor architectures at Bull company in France. He also was a researcher in computing architectures, algorithm optimization, and video conferencing codecs at the French National Research Institute for Computer Science and Control (INRIA), and holds several patents in technology related fields. This extensive experience in hardware and software development is essential for the optimization of search algorithms and management of large amounts of sequence data.

Hendrik Heus

Dr. Heus, who holds a PhD in the molecular biology of human genetics, is the principal architect of the GenomeQuest product. He has been with the company since January 2001 and previously held a research position with NV Organon/Akzo Nobel in the Netherlands. Dr. Heus uniquely combines business, molecular biology, and software development skills. His extensive genomics-based drug discovery and research experience enables GenomeQuest to continuously anticipate and respond to research needs.

Kamalakar Gulukota

Dr. Gulukota, the company's product evangelist, is committed to improving genomics research through better computational biology. With GenomeQuest for over four years, he previously built and directed the Clinical Research division at GVK Biosciences in India and directed the Bioinformatics Core Sciences group for Wyeth in Cambridge, MA. With rich experience in drug discovery and development as well as computational biology, Dr. Gulukota brings a unique vision and energy to GenomeQuest's product direction.

Denis Bayada

Dr. Bayada, who holds a PhD in chemoinformatics, is a senior application scientist at GenomeQuest. He previously held senior research positions with NV Organon/Akzo Nobel and more recently the French national sequencing centre Genoscope/CEA. Dr. Bayada has been at the forefront of computational analysis of chemical and biological molecules for more than 15 years. His extensive genomics-based drug discovery and research experience enables GenomeQuest to meet the needs of research organizations in IP as well as molecular biology.

Jun Wan

Mr. Wan, who holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from UMass Boston and a Masters Degree in Biology from the University of Idaho, is the Engineering Product Manager at GenomeQuest. In the field of Bioinformatics for over ten years and at GenomeQuest for over five, he was previously a Bioinformatics Developer at Phylos. His dual background in computer science and biology enables him to successfully bridge research discovery and state-of-the-art software.