Andor Kiss

Andor Kiss is a seasoned academic with extensive experience in bioinformatics and functional genomics, currently serving as the Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics at Miami University since September 2007. Responsibilities include training graduate students and overseeing equipment scheduling and billing associated with various DNA-related projects. In addition to this role, Andor Kiss directs COVID-19 testing and holds the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor, with research focused on animal tolerance to freeze and desiccation, as well as teaching core zoology courses. Previous experience includes a post-doctoral position at the University of Delaware, where investigations centered on eye lens differentiation factors related to Alzheimer's Disease, and a graduate program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which examined cold stability in lens crystallins. Early career experience involved significant laboratory work at the University of Western Ontario, leading to publications on nucleoside transporters. Andor Kiss holds a PhD in Adaptational Biochemistry, an MSc in Molecular Genetics, and a BSc in Biochemistry and Microbiology.