David Kulp

Background:  Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California, Santa Cruz (2003), Dip. Sci., Computer Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (1992), and B. Sci., Computer Science, College of William and Mary (1991). Professor Kulp joined the faculty in the Department of Computer Science in 2004 as an Assistant Professor. His most recent position was the Vice President of Bioinformatics at Affymetrix, Inc. where he managed a group of 45 people. Prior to joining Affymetrix, Professor Kulp was the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Research at Neomorphic, Inc.

Research:  Over the past eight years, Professor Kulp has been active in bioinformatics research, specifically in the development of algorithms for the identification of protein-coding gene structure in genomic DNA. His contributions to this research area have resulted in co-authorship in the three seminal papers in Science and Nature regarding the analysis of the complete genome sequences of Drosophila melanogaster, human, and mouse. Recently Professor Kulp has been concerned with the design of high-density oligonucleotide microarrays for the detection and discovery of transcripts and splice variants in eukaryotes. His current research involves the application of microarrays for genotyping and resequencing and his interests include algorithms for cross-hybridization screening, the integration of quantitative expression and genetic markers, alternative microarray designs, spatial querying in relational biosequence databases, and distributed systems for bioinformatics data acquisition and dissemination.

Activities and awards:  Professor Kulp was appointed to the University of California, Santa Cruz, School of Engineering Advisory Board in 2002. He is a member of American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the International Society for Computational Biology.
 

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