Dillon Shapiro


Alumni

Dillon Shapiro

Ph.D.
Alumni

Dillon is a Molecular and Human Genetics graduate student who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his BS in molecular biology, where he studied the application of DNA sequencing to source-tracking of bacterial contamination and analyzing gut bacteria diversity. His current research interests include studying selective pressures within cancer genomes and applying machine-learning approaches to the classification of genes and pathways that drive complex diseases like hypertension and diabetes.