Welcome to my home page
I am an associate professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Connecticut. My research interests are in computational biology and bioinformatics, with an emphasis on computational phylogenetics and comparative genomics. More generally, I am interested in algorithms and combinatorial optimization. I lead the computational biology research group where we develop new computational methods, efficient algorithms, and powerful software tools to help answer fundamental biological questions.
Open positions
PhD positions: Positions may be available in the computational biology group for bright and motivated PhD students. Please email me if you are interested in joining this research group. While I am unable to respond to all such emails, I will respond if you seem like a good fit and there are positions available.
Research opportunities for UConn undergraduate students: Positions are also available for qualified UConn undergraduate students who wish to gain research experience by working on exciting research problems. Undergraduate research opportunity details.
Computational Biology Conferences
Recent program committee memberships:
RECOMB 2027, ACM-BCB 2026, ISMB 2026, RECOMB-CG 2026, RECOMB 2026. Please consider submitting your research to these conferences.
Contact
| Phone: | (860) 486-2572 |
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| E-mail: | mukul.bansal@uconn.edu |
| Address: | ITE building, Room 359 School of Computing University of Connecticut |