Bioinformatics Graduate Rishi Misra’s Race to Save the Bats

Rishi Misra’s excitement is contagious. When he gets going about one of his passions, be it advanced computational biology techniques or the importance of scientific communication, his eyes light up as his enthusiasm spreads to his audience through each animated anecdote and every bit of eager exposition.

Graduating in December 2025 with a M.S. in bioinformatics, this Arizona-born scholar has devoted his master’s studies here in UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics to one organism in particular: the humble bat. The noses of bats, to be specific.