Dr. Leung is professor of mathematics and director of Bioinformatics and Computational Science, interested in finding ways to predict structures and functional sites of molecular sequences using mathematical modeling.

• Student Choice Award for Outstanding Teaching - Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP (05/09/2017)
• Outstanding Performance Award in Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, UTEP (04/01/2015-04/30/2015)
• Outstanding Performance Award in Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, UTEP (04/01/2008-04/30/2008)
• Professor Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectureship - Department of Mathematics, University of Hong Kong (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)
• Andrew Mellon Foundation Research Award - Institute of Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University (01/01/1986-12/31/1986)

• Ph D in Mathematics, Stanford University (1989)
• MS in Computer Science, Stanford University (1988)
• M. Phil. in Mathematics, University of Hong Kong (1983)
• BS in Mathematics, University of Hong Kong (1980)

• 486. Protein-Coding Transcriptome in Major Depressive Disorder and Suicidality: Distinct Pathways Regulating Myelination, Lipid Biogenesis, and Extracellular Matrix Pathways Biological Psychiatry 93 9 (2023), Bharathi Gadad, Javier V. Medrano, Enrique I. Ramos, Alejandra Ruiz-Velasco, Ming-Ying Leung, Peter Thompson.
• Protein-Coding Transcriptome in Major Depressive Disorder and Suicidality: Distinct Pathways Regulating Myelination, Lipid Biogenesis, and Extracellular Matrix Pathways Biological Psychiatry 93 9 (2023), Bharathi Gadad, Javier Medrano, Enrique Ramos, Alejandra Ruiz-Velasco, Ming-Ying Leung, Peter Thompson.
• JAK1 Pseudokinase V666G Mutant Dominantly Impairs JAK3 Phosphorylation and IL-2 Signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 7 (2023), Alice H. Grant, Rodriguez C. Alejandro, Rodriguez J. Omar, Shengjie Sun, Lin Li, Jonathon E. Mohl, Ming-Ying Leung, Robert A. Kirken, Georgialina Rodriguez.
• JAK1 Pseudokinase V666G Mutant Dominantly Impairs JAK3 Phosphorylation and IL-2 Signaling. MDPI International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023), Alice H. Grant, Rodriguez C. Alejandro, Rodriguez J. Omar, Shengjie Sun, Lin Li, Jonathon E. Mohl, Ming-Ying Leung, Robert A. Kirken, Georgialina Rodriguez.
• JAK1 Pseudokinase V666G Mutant Dominantly Impairs JAK3 Phosphorylation and IL-2 Signaling International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 7 (2023), Alice H. Grant, Alejandro C. Rodriguez, Omar J. Rodriguez Moncivais, Shengjie Sun, Lin Li, Ming-Ying Leung, Robert A. Kirken, Georgialina Rodriguez.

• A Scoring Method to Assess the Effect of Pathogenic Single Nucleotide Variants on Protein-Coding Genes in Patients with Leukemia (2023), Amanda Bataycan, Jonathon E. Mohl, Ming-Ying Leung.
• A Scoring Method to Assess the Effect of Pathogenic Single Nucleotide Variants on Protein-Coding Genes in Patients with Leukemia (2023), Amanda Bataycan, Jonathon E. Mohl, Ming-Ying Leung.
• Identification and Characterization of Novel Pathogenic Genes in Prostate Cancer (2023), Jessica R. Dirmeyer, Rina D. Koyani, Bofei Wang, Ming-Ying Leung, Marc B. Cox.
• Comparing prediction algorithms for RNA secondary structures with pseudoknots (2023), Dan Du, Khodeza Begum, Ming-Ying Leung.
• Cumulative functional effects of pathogenic single nucleotide variants on protein-coding genes (2023), Amanda Bataycan, Jonathon E. Mohl, Ming-Ying Leung.

• IMPACT OF CANCER OUTCOMES IN HISPANICS (ICOHN)
• BBRC Research Infrastructure Core
• Initiation and Regulation of Mucin Type O-Glycosylation
• Bioinformatics Computing Core Facility
• Bioinformatics Core Facility, Border Biomedical Research Center