Western Faculty Profile: Dr. Art Poon

Abstract

Dr. Art Poon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Western University. Dr. Poon has a background in mathematical biology and obtained a doctorate in bioinformatics at the University of California in San Diego. His research focus is on designing and implementing new computational methods to reconstruct the spread and adaptation of viruses from their genetic sequence variation. Jonathan Zhao had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Poon to learn more about his career path and his research.