Student portrait.

Tito David Peña Montenegro

Colombia

Ph.D. Bioinformatics

Dedico este esfuerzo a Dios, a mi Abuelita, a mi familia: mi mamá, mis hermanitos, Guille, mis tías y a todos mis seres queridos. Thank you to my advisors Dr. Mandy Joye and Jonathan Arnold. This is for you, Andrew, my beloved husband.