Muhammad Aminu, PHD
Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Instructor, Department of Imaging Physics - Research, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2021 | Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugur, Pulau Pinang, MY, Mathematics (Machine Learning), PhD |
| 2015 | Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil, Wudil, Kano, NG, Mathematics, BSc |
Postgraduate Training
| 2021-2025 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Spatial Omics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2021 - 2025
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Graduate Research Assistant, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugur, Pulau Pinang, 2018 - 2020
National Youth Service Corp Member, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, 2015 - 2016
Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES), Bayero University Kano, Kano, 2013 - 2013
Honors & Awards
| 2015 | Silver Medal award at National Mathematics Competition for University Students (NAMCUS), National Mathematical Centre Abuja, Nigeria |
| 2014 | Best graduating student of the department of Mathematics, Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Aminu M, Zhu B, Vokes N, Chen H, Hong L, Li J, Fujimoto J, Yang Y, Wang T, Wang B, Poteete A, Nilsson MB, Le X, Tina C, Jaffray D, Navin N, Byers LA, Gibbons D, Heymach J, Chen K, Cheng C, Zhang J, Wu J. CoCo-ST: Comparing and Contrasting Spatial Transcriptomics data sets using graph contrastive learning. Res Sq, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38826463.
- Aminu M, Hong L, Vokes N, Schmidt ST, Saad M, Zhu B, Le X, Tina C, Sheshadri A, Wang B, Jaffray D, Futreal A, Lee JJ, Byers LA, Gibbons D, Heymach J, Chen K, Cheng C, Zhang J, Wu J. Joint multi-omics discriminant analysis with consistent representation learning using PANDA. Res Sq, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38798352.
- Sujit SJ, Aminu M, Karpinets TV, Chen P, Saad MB, Salehjahromi M, Boom JD, Qayati M, George JM, Allen H, Antonoff MB, Hong L, Hu X, Heeke S, Tran HT, Le X, Elamin YY, Altan M, Vokes NI, Sheshadri A, Lin J, Zhang J, Lu Y, Behrens C, Godoy MCB, Wu CC, Chang JY, Chung C, Jaffray DA, Wistuba II, Lee JJ, Vaporciyan AA, Gibbons DL, Heymach J, Zhang J, Cascone T, Wu J. Enhancing NSCLC recurrence prediction with PET/CT habitat imaging, ctDNA, and integrative radiogenomics-blood insights. Nat Commun 15(1):3152, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38605064.
- Salehjahromi M, Karpinets TV, Sujit SJ, Qayati M, Chen P, Aminu M, Saad MB, Bandyopadhyay R, Hong L, Sheshadri A, Lin J, Antonoff MB, Sepesi B, Ostrin EJ, Toumazis I, Huang P, Cheng C, Cascone T, Vokes NI, Behrens C, Siewerdsen JH, Hazle JD, Chang JY, Zhang J, Lu Y, Godoy MCB, Chung C, Jaffray D, Wistuba I, Lee JJ, Vaporciyan AA, Gibbons DL, Gladish G, Heymach JV, Wu CC, Zhang J, Wu J. Synthetic PET from CT improves diagnosis and prognosis for lung cancer: Proof of concept. Cell Rep Med 5(3):101463, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38471502.
- Tran HT, Heeke S, Sujit S, Vokes N, Zhang J, Aminu M, Lam VK, Vaporciyan A, Swisher SG, Godoy MCB, Cascone T, Sepesi B, Gibbons DL, Wu J, Heymach JV. Circulating tumor DNA and radiological tumor volume identify patients at risk for relapse with resected, early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 35(2):183-189, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37992871.
- Chen P, Rojas FR, Hu X, Serrano A, Zhu B, Chen H, Hong L, Bandyoyadhyay R, Aminu M, Kalhor N, Lee JJ, El Hussein S, Khoury JD, Pass HI, Moreira AL, Velcheti V, Sterman DH, Fukuoka J, Tabata K, Su D, Ying L, Gibbons DL, Heymach JV, Wistuba II, Fujimoto J, Solis Soto LM, Zhang J, Wu J. Pathomic Features Reveal Immune and Molecular Evolution From Lung Preneoplasia to Invasive Adenocarcinoma. Mod Pathol 36(12):100326, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37678674.
- Diao S, Chen P, Showkatian E, Bandyopadhyay R, Rojas FR, Zhu B, Hong L, Aminu M, Saad MB, Salehjahromi M, Muneer A, Sujit SJ, Behrens C, Gibbons DL, Heymach JV, Kalhor N, Wistuba II, Solis Soto LM, Zhang J, Qin W, Wu J. Automated Cellular-Level Dual Global Fusion of Whole-Slide Imaging for Lung Adenocarcinoma Prognosis. Cancers (Basel) 15(19), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37835518.
- Saad MB, Hong L, Aminu M, Vokes NI, Chen P, Salehjahromi M, Qin K, Sujit SJ, Lu X, Young E, Al-Tashi Q, Qureshi R, Wu CC, Carter BW, Lin SH, Lee PP, Gandhi S, Chang JY, Li R, Gensheimer MF, Wakelee HA, Neal JW, Lee HS, Cheng C, Velcheti V, Lou Y, Petranovic M, Rinsurongkawong W, Le X, Rinsurongkawong V, Spelman A, Elamin YY, Negrao MV, Skoulidis F, Gay CM, Cascone T, Antonoff MB, Sepesi B, Lewis J, Wistuba II, Hazle JD, Chung C, Jaffray D, Gibbons DL, Vaporciyan A, Lee JJ, Heymach JV, Zhang J, Wu J. Predicting benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer by CT-based ensemble deep learning: a retrospective study. Lancet Digit Health 5(7):e404-e420, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37268451.
- Aminu, M, Ahmad, NA. Effective Dimensionality Reduction Using Kernel Locality Preserving Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis. Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society 46(3), 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Hong L, Aminu M, Li S, Lu X, Petranovic M, Saad MB, Chen P, Qin K, Varghese S, Rinsurongkawong W, Rinsurongkawong V, Spelman A, Elamin YY, Negrao MV, Skoulidis F, Gay CM, Cascone T, Gandhi SJ, Lin SH, Lee PP, Carter BW, Wu CC, Antonoff MB, Sepesi B, Lewis J, Gibbons DL, Vaporciyan AA, Le X, Jack Lee J, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Routbort MJ, Gainor JF, Heymach JV, Lou Y, Wu J, Zhang J, Vokes NI. Efficacy and clinicogenomic correlates of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors alone or with chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Nat Commun 14(1):695, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36755027.
- Aminu M, Daver N, Godoy MCB, Shroff G, Wu C, Torre-Sada LF, Goizueta A, Shannon VR, Faiz SA, Altan M, Garcia-Manero G, Kantarjian H, Ravandi-Kashani F, Kadia T, Konopleva M, DiNardo C, Pierce S, Naing A, Kim ST, Kontoyiannis DP, Khawaja F, Chung C, Wu J, Sheshadri A. Heterogenous lung inflammation CT patterns distinguish pneumonia and immune checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis and complement blood biomarkers in acute myeloid leukemia: proof of concept. Front Immunol 14:1249511, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37841255.
- Aminu M, Yadav D, Hong L, Young E, Edelkamp P Jr, Saad M, Salehjahromi M, Chen P, Sujit SJ, Chen MM, Sabloff B, Gladish G, de Groot PM, Godoy MCB, Cascone T, Vokes NI, Zhang J, Brock KK, Daver N, Woodman SE, Tawbi HA, Sheshadri A, Lee JJ, Jaffray D, D Code Team, Wu CC, Chung C, Wu J. Habitat Imaging Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Cancer Patients Infected with COVID-19. Cancers (Basel) 15(1), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36612278.
- Chen P, El Hussein S, Xing F, Aminu M, Kannapiran A, Hazle JD, Medeiros LJ, Wistuba II, Jaffray D, Khoury JD, Wu J. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Progression Diagnosis with Intrinsic Cellular Patterns via Unsupervised Clustering. Cancers (Basel) 14(10), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35626003.
- Aminu, M, Ahmad, NA. Locality preserving partial least squares discriminant analysis for face recognition. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences 34(2):153-164, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Chen P, Aminu M, Hussein SE, Khoury JD, Wu J. CellSpatialGraph: Integrate hierarchical phenotyping and graph modeling to characterize spatial architecture in tumor microenvironment on digital pathology. Softw Impacts 10, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 36203948.
- Aminu M, Ahmad NA, Noor MHM. Covid-19 detection via deep neural network and occlusion sensitivity maps. Alexandria Engineering Journal Volume 60(Issue 5):4829-4855, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Aminu M, Ahmad NA. Complex Chemical Data Classification and Discrimination Using Locality Preserving Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis. ACS Omega 5(41):26601-26610, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33110988.
- Aminu M, Ahmad NA. New Variants of Global-Local Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis for Appearance-Based Face Recognition. IEEE Access Volume 8:166703 - 166720, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Aminu A, Aminu M, Ringim MZ. Permanent of a rhotrix. Afrika Matematika Volume 28:481–491, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
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CV information above last modified March 19, 2025