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Khanh N. Dinh is an Associate Research Scientist in the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics and the Department of Statistics at Columbia University (2023-present). He earned a Bachelor degree in Mathematics from the University of Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2009-2012). He then obtained a PhD degree in Mathematics at the University of Alabama, advised by Dr. Roger Sidje (2013-2018). Afterward, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Dr. Marek Kimmel’s lab at Rice University (2018-2019) and Dr. Simon Tavaré’s lab at Columbia University (2019-2023).

He has a documented track record in developing novel mathematical models and computational methods to infer how tumors evolve from DNA-sequencing data, toward improving patient classification and treatment. Most of his work is in collaboration with mathematicians and statisticians on one side and biologists, geneticists and physicians on the other.

Yanjie Chen was a Master Student Intern in the Dinh Lab from Spring 2025 to Fall 2025, from the Department of Statistics (Columbia University). He has continued to work in the Lab as a Research Staff Associate in Spring 2026.

Jessica (Jingyun) Lin is a Master Student Intern in the Dinh Lab in Spring 2025, from the Department of Statistics (Columbia University).

Yanxiang Liu is a Master Student Intern in the Dinh Lab in Spring 2025, from the Department of Statistics (Columbia University).

Ian Wang is a Master Student Intern in the Dinh Lab in Spring 2025, from the Department of Statistics (Columbia University).

Andrew Huang is a Master Student Intern in the Dinh Lab in Spring 2025, from the Department of Statistics (Columbia University).

Xuanwen Guo was a Master Student Intern in the Dinh Lab from Spring 2024 to Fall 2024, from the Department of Statistics (Columbia University). He has continued to work in the Lab as a Research Assistant from Spring 2025.

Peter Terranova was an Undergraduate Student Intern as part of the IICD Summer Research Program (SRP) in the Dinh Lab in Summer 2025, from Fordham University. He received the SRP Emerging Scholars Award toward continuing his internship in the Lab in Spring 2026.