Chad Myers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, joined the BioTechnology Institute in 2013. Chad earned his PhD from the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University in the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. Myers’ research focuses primarily on gene interaction and computational biology. He was named the McKnight Land-Grant Professor in 2011, and was also recently granted the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award (CAREER). We congratulate Chad Myers on his achievement, and welcome him to the BioTechnology Institute.