Her research interests include comparing and analyzing genomes, characterizing genes and alternative splicing variations, and predicting non-coding RNA elements in human-virus interactions.&nbsp; <br> <br>Before joining the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2011, Dr. Florea served on the faculty at the George Washington University. Previously, she was a member of the team of scientists at Celera Genomics that produced the first sequence of the human genome. Her work has been recognized with a Sloan Research Fellowship in Computational and Evolutionary Molecular Biology, and she received several early career awards while at the George Washington University. Dr. Florea holds a PhD degree from the Pennsylvania State University.