Luay Nakhleh

Rice University

Full Professor(heuristic)

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · Molecular Biology

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h-index54
i10-index108
Publications216
Citations9,347

Grants

14 total · 3 active

NSF #2106837

III: Medium: Scalable Evolutionary Analysis of SNVs and CNAs in Cancer Using Single-Cell DNA Sequencing Data

Expiring Soon
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2021-10-01 → 2026-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #2420499

Research Infrastructure: PhyNetPy: An Open-source Library for Developing Phylogenetic Network Inference and Analysis Capabilities

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2025-09-01 → 2029-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #2153704

DMS/NIGMS 2: Scalable Bayesian Inference with Applications to Phylogenetics

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2022-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

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All Grants

14 total · 3 active

NSF #2106837

III: Medium: Scalable Evolutionary Analysis of SNVs and CNAs in Cancer Using Single-Cell DNA Sequencing Data

Expiring Soon
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2021-10-01 → 2026-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #2420499

Research Infrastructure: PhyNetPy: An Open-source Library for Developing Phylogenetic Network Inference and Analysis Capabilities

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2025-09-01 → 2029-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #2153704

DMS/NIGMS 2: Scalable Bayesian Inference with Applications to Phylogenetics

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2022-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #2030604

IIBR Informatics: Taming Complexity Through Simulations: Scalable Inference Under the Coalescent with Recombination

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2020-09-15 → 2025-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #1916093

The AGEP Data Engineering and Science Alliance Model: Training and Resources to Advance Minority Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers into Faculty Careers

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2019-09-01 → 2025-05-02
PIs
4

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #1800723

AF: Medium: Algorithms for Scalable Phylogenetic Network Inference

Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2018-06-15 → 2024-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #1812822

III: Small: Models and Methods for Simultaneous Genotyping and Phylogeny Inference from Single-Cell DNA Data

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2018-08-01 → 2022-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #1514177

AF: Medium: Statistical Inference of Complex Evolutionary Histories

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2015-07-15 → 2021-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #1302179

AF: Medium: Algorithmic Foundations for Phylogenetic Networks

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2013-04-15 → 2019-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #1062463

ABI Innovation: Collaborative Research: Novel Methodologies for Genome-scale Evolutionary Analysis of Multi-locus Data

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2011-07-01 → 2015-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #0845336

CAREER: Computational Tools for Evolutionary Analysis of Biological Interaction Networks

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2009-07-15 → 2015-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NIH #R01LM009494

Evolutionary Analysis of Bacterial Genomes: High-Throughput Computational Tools

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2008-08-15 → 2013-08-14
PIs
1

NSF #0622037

Comp Bio: Collaborative Research: EMT: "Efficient Techniques for Reconstructing Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteria"

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2006-10-01 → 2011-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

NSF #0829276

SGER: NET HMMs and Their Applications to Biological Network Alignment

Amount
—
Period
2008-09-01 → 2010-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at William Marsh Rice University

Recent Public Signals

  1. New preprint: Kente: A Graph-based Pangenomic Approach for Horizontal Gene Transfer Detection in Microbiomes2026-06-26
  2. New paper: Title Pending 5823 (Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists)2026-03-12
  3. New NSF award: Research Infrastructure: PhyNetPy: An Open-source Library for Developing Phylogenetic Network Inference and Analysis Capabilities2025-09-01

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