In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of 

Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics 

in the 

School of Biology 

Lavanya Rishishwar

will defend his thesis 

"POPULATION GENOMICS OF HUMAN POLYMORPHIC TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS"

Monday, November 7th, 2016

10:00 AM 

Engineered Biosystems Building, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Seminar Room (EBB 1005)

Thesis Advisor: 

Dr. King Jordan

School of Biological Sciences

Georgia Institute of Technology

Committee Members: 

Dr. John McDonald

School of Biological Sciences

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Greg Gibson

School of Biological Sciences

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Soojin Yi

School of Biological Sciences

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Leonardo Mariño-Ramírez

National Center for Biotechnology Information

National Institute of Health