Priya Moorjani
Associate Professor
Studies human population genetics and evolution using statistical genomics.
Priya Moorjani's lab at UC Berkeley works on genomics & computational biology, proteins, drugs & materials and learning theory & optimization. 10 papers since 2023, 2 at top venues, mostly Bioinformatics and Cell. 3 PhD students. 7 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 3/ year
- at T1 venues
- 20%
- PhD students
- 3
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 7
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 2 papers2026 · T1 1 · collecting
- 3 papers2025 · T1 1
- 2 papers2024 · T1 0
- 3 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: Bioinformatics, Cell, Science
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Genomics & computational biology0 papers
- Proteins, drugs & materials0 papers
- Learning theory & optimization0 papers
- studies human0 papers
- genetics0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20262 papers
20253 papers
- Cell (T1)50,000 years of Evolutionary History of India: Impact on Health and Disease Variation. (opens in a new tab)
- Forensic Science International: GeneticsBenchmarking for genotyping and imputation using degraded DNA for forensic applications across diverse populations. (opens in a new tab)
- Science389,eadl0882The MUC19 gene in Denisovans, Neanderthals, and Modern Humans: An Evolutionary History of Recurrent Introgression and Natural Selection (opens in a new tab)
20242 papers
- Alzheimer’s & Dementia 20.7Effect of APOE e4 and its modification by sociodemographic characteristics on cognitive measures in South Asians from LASI-DAD (opens in a new tab)
- Science 386.6727Neanderthal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans. (opens in a new tab)
20233 papers
- eLife 12, e81188Limited role of generation time changes in driving the evolution of the mutation spectrum in humans (opens in a new tab)
- Annual review of genomics and human geneticsMethods for Assessing Population Relationships and History from Genomic Data (opens in a new tab)
- J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med SciPolygenic risk scores for Alzheimer’s disease and general cognitive function are associated with measures of cognition in older South Asians from LASI-DAD (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went7 listed
Apply to UC BerkeleyFall 2027
UC Berkeley EECS Computer Science PhD
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