National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Dr. Celiku is a staff scientist at the Neuro-Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, where she develops and applies integrative computational approaches to better understand and treat primary brain cancers. She holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Åbo Akademi University in Finland, and a master's in biochemistry and molecular biology from Georgetown University. She completed her postdoctoral training in software engineering and architecture at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, followed by training in cancer bioinformatics at the National Cancer Institute's Radiation Oncology Branch. Her research is driven by the conviction that solid computational principles that have stood the test of time are indispensable tools for tackling the complexity of precision oncology.
