He recieved his Ph.D. in Biostatistics with a Designated Emphasis in Computational and Genomic Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. He is working on developing new ways of analyzing high-throughput data in biology and has made important contributions to the analysis and interpretation of epigenetic data.&nbsp; Dr. Hansen is one of the longest currently active contributers to the Bioconductor project and serves on its technical advisory board.