His research group develops efficient algorithms for analysis of large-scale biological data, particularly high-throughout genomic sequencing experiments. He and his group are the authors of several widely used, open source software packages for genomic analysis. More information about his research can be found at http://kingsfordlab.cbd.cmu.edu. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, a Sloan Research Fellowship in Computational and Molecular Biology, and he is one of 14 Data Driven Discovery Investigators funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation selected from across all areas of science. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University.