I'm Bobak Kechavarzi, originally born in Columbia, Tennessee. I spent most of my inquisitive life in Louisville, Kentucky where I attended Louisville Male Highschool, and my pursuit of sciences began.

It was absolutley amazing learning all the small nuances that contributed to the intricate mechanism that is our lives. What I began feeling particularly drawn to was the subject of genetics. Ecology, comparitive biology, all of these "classical" practices were beginning to incorporate genetics and molecular biology.

I graduated from Louisville Male Highschool in 2003 and began the next phase of my academic life at Hanover College. There I focused my studies on biology, and also began honing a personal hobby: computers and computer technology. I delved into programming and computer architecture to better understand these fascinating machines we interact with on a daily basis.

It was at Hanover that I began learning about Bioinformatics. The idea of melding computer programming and technology with biological research seemed incredibly intuitive. Furthermore, my work at the Pritzker Laboratory in the Field Museum and at the U of L department of Nephrology emphasized the need to meld disciplines.

This leads to the present, where I am enrolled as a Masters student at Indiana University in Bloomingtons School of Informatics for Bioinformatics.