Sohini Ramachandran is the Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology at Brown University, where she also holds a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. She is the Founding Director of Brown’s Data Science Institute and has led programs in computational molecular biology and biological data science. Her research applies mathematical and computational approaches to understanding genetic variation, evolution, and complex biological systems.

Sohini has been recognized with numerous national awards, including a Sloan Research Fellowship, a Pew Biomedical Scholar award, and the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE). She directs Brown’s NIH T32 Predoctoral Training Program in Biological Data Science and serves as a standing member of the NIH Genetic Variation and Evolution study section. Beyond research, Sohini is celebrated for her teaching, receiving the Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship and the Philip J. Bray Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Physical Sciences.