Indian American scholar Rhea Banerjee joining NC State University

Indian American scholar Rhea Banerjee will join North Carolina State University as a faculty member. The appointment is effective for the upcoming academic year.

Banerjee specializes in computational biology and bioinformatics. Her research focuses on developing algorithms to analyze genomic data.

She completed her doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Banerjee also held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University.

At NC State, Banerjee will teach courses in bioinformatics and computational biology. She will also lead a research group studying gene regulation.

University officials expressed enthusiasm about Banerjee joining the faculty. They noted her work aligns with the university's strengths in life sciences and data science.