Christoph Rau PhD

Dr. Christoph D. Rau, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Bachelor of Science at the Harvey Mudd College. His research focuses on using model organism populations to study cardiovascular disease. In his postdoc, he expanded into studying the epigenome and developing new co-expression network algorithms to study the concerted effects of multiple genes on phenotypes relating to cardiovascular disorders. He is excited to be at UNC, one of the best places in the world for mouse genetics, and continue his work applying bioinformatic techniques in these populations as well as pursuing several candidate genes through collaborative efforts.