WAY - Key Persons

Erik Serrano

Job Titles:
  • Lab Research Resources Team Blog Contact
  • Student
Erik Serrano is a Computational Bioscience (CPBS) PhD student at the Univeristy of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus (CU-AMC). He joined the Way Lab in July 2022, where he is focusing on developing software applications and new methods to analyze cell morphology readouts. Before officially joining the Way lab, Erik kick started a software tool called Cytopipe, which implements reproducible analytical pipelines for processing high-dimensional cell morphology readouts. Erik obtained his bachelors degree in Molecular Biology with a minor in chemistry at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Throughout his undergraduate degree, he developed computational methods to elucidate biological insights from protein dynamic data produced by molecular dynamic simulations. After graduating from CSUN, Erik did his post baccalaureate at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center where he designed viral based nano-particles through the usage of computational protein modeling. In addition, he also developed computational methods using gene expression data to identify potential alternative entry points where the nano-particles can be introduced. In his free time, Erik likes to learn different romance languages and its origins. He is fluent in Spanish and is currently learning Brazilian Portuguese, which will become his third language. Aside from learning different languages, Erik also enjoys tech, music, reading, hiking, camping, long boarding, running, weight lifting and dancing.

Gregory Way

Job Titles:
  • Principal Investigator
  • Lab Research Resources Team Blog Contact
Greg is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Way Lab. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and a member of the Center for Health AI in the School of Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz. He sets forward the lab's scientific path of inquiry, acquires funding, and establishes a lab environment where scientists of all backgrounds can flourish. He is currently interested in developing morphology as a systems biology readout of disease states to link molecular information with higher order phenotypes in order to improve treatment decisions. He is an optimist who believes that the next generation of biological discoveries will require lots of data, lots of compute, reproducible software, and a lot more diverse people with diverse ideas to forge an equitable and prosperous path forward for humanity.

Jenna Tomkinson

Job Titles:
  • Programmer
  • Lab Research Resources Team Blog Contact

Roshan Kern

Job Titles:
  • Lab Research Resources Team Blog Contact
  • Undergraduate Student