About

Taiwo A. Togun

I am an educator, researcher and founder working across computer science education, AI research and learning systems.

I came to this from computational biology, where what I liked most was working across disciplines with people who knew things I didn't. That has not really changed.

Teaching, research and building are, honestly, my own way of getting to keep learning. Each one puts me in a room with experts who know things I don't and with students who think in ways I wouldn't.

Education

Ph.D., Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Yale University

Dissertation: A Computational Framework to Identify Genomic Biomarkers of Cancer.

2013

Executive M.S., Technology Leadership

Brown University

2021

M.S., Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Yale University

2010

B.S., Mathematics and Computer Information Systems, summa cum laude

University of West Alabama

2005

Teaching history

Head of Computer Science

Pierrepont School

2012 to present

Industry Professor, Bioinformatics Master’s Program

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

2022 to 2023

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biostatistics

Yale School of Public Health

2011 to 2012

Recognition

  • Project Invent Fellow of the Year, 2023.
  • Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, Yale University, 2014.
  • Biotechnology Minority Fellow, Biotechnology Institute, 2010.