Shahab earned his BS and MS degrees from Sharif University of Technology, and his PhD from UC San Diego, all in Electrical Engineering. During his PhD, he developed several methods to utilize low-pass NGS to study eukaryotic genomes. In the Beroukhim lab, he is interested in developing computational methods to study the biology of tumors and identify novel therapeutic targets.

Fun fact: Shahab is a big fan of The Matrix (trilogy) and likes it even more than Rameen’s statistics primer. (Rameen’s edit: Shahab has poor taste.)

Favorite quote: “Evolution forged the entirety of sentient life on this planet using only one tool… The mistake.” -Robert Ford, Westworld