Augustin Luna

KnownforSystems Biology Graphical Notation

AwardsNational Research Service Award
Ford Foundation

Fields

• Data Science
• Computational Biology
• Biological networks
• Cancer Genomics
• Drug Discovery
• Systems biology

InstitutionsHarvard Medical School
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center
Boston University
Georgia Tech

Augustin Luna
Luna in 2023
Known for	Systems Biology Graphical Notation
Awards	National Research Service Award Ford Foundation
Scientific career
Fields	Data Science Computational Biology Biological networks Cancer Genomics Drug Discovery Systems biology
Institutions	Harvard Medical School Dana Farber Cancer Institute Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center Boston University Georgia Tech
Doctoral advisor	Mirit I. Aladjem
Other academic advisors	Chris Sander (scientist)
Website	www.nlm.nih.gov/research/researchstaff/LunaAugustin.html ccr.cancer.gov/staff-directory/augustin-luna

Augustin Luna is an American bioinformatician at the United States National Library of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. His research aims to improve clinical consequences by focusing on network biology and standardizing biological data models for integration. One focus area includes studying the mechanisms of external perturbation responses utilizing machine-learning methods and artificial intelligence. Luna became well-known as a member of the COMBINE initiative, in particular since he is one of the initiators and editors for the graphical modeling language SBGN.^[1] Additionally, he has worked in other areas of knowledge representation of biological pathways, specifically the BioPAX (Biological Pathway Exchange) as used in Pathway Commons.^[2]