Farhad Vahdati
Data Scientist / Evolutionary Biologist
Welcome! I'm a data scientist specializing in the modeling and analysis of complex systems. I leverage machine learning, statistical analysis, and agent-based modeling to uncover insights from data across a range of disciplines, from biological and ecological systems to social and economic phenomena.
About My Work
My research focuses on understanding complexity in biological systems through computational models. I study how interactions among genes, proteins, cells, individuals, groups, and species affect their evolution, using approaches that allow us to analyze emergent properties of complex systems.
Some of my previous studies include analyzing human genetic variation data using genotype networks to identify convergent evolution, examining interactions between population size and mutation rate on empirical and RNA folding adaptive landscapes, and evaluating the role different potential causes of human dispersals from Africa.