Nicolae Sapoval

Duncan Hall

6100 Main Street

Houston, TX 77005

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University in Dr. Luay Nakhleh’s group. My research interests lie at the intersection of computer science, mathematics, and biology. I have received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University under the guidance of Dr. Todd J. Treangen. I have previously completed a B.Sc. with Honors in Mathematics, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science at the University of Chicago.

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May 26, 2026	“On the consistency of duplication, loss, and deep coalescence gene tree parsimony costs under the multispecies coalescent” is out in the proceedings of RECOMB-CG Springer
May 26, 2026	“Theoretical and Empirical Performance of Pseudo-likelihood-based Bayesian Inference of Species Trees under the Multispecies Coalescent” is out in the proceedings of RECOMB-CG Springer
Mar 12, 2026	“Leveraging spectrum of graph sheaf Laplacian as a genome-architecture-aware measure of microbiome diversity” is available on bioRxiv
Feb 21, 2026	“On the consistency of duplication, loss, and deep coalescence gene tree parsimony costs under the multispecies coalescent” is available on bioRxiv
Nov 28, 2025	“GRNITE: Gene Regulatory Network Inference with Text Embeddings” is available on bioRxiv
Jun 16, 2025	“A survey of computational approaches for characterizing microbial interactions in microbial mats” is out in Genome Biology
May 23, 2025	Preprint “Impact of Data Error on Phylogenetic Network Inference from Gene Trees Under the Multispecies Network Coalescent” is available on bioRxiv
Apr 07, 2025	Preprint “Intratumor Heterogeneity Through the Lens of Gene Regulatory Networks” is available on bioRxiv
Jan 31, 2025	Preprint “Theoretical and Empirical Performance of Pseudo-likelihood-based Bayesian Inference of Species Trees under the Multispecies Coalescent” is available on bioRxiv
Dec 31, 2024	Added a note on “How I find, organize and read papers”