Tamanna Urmi is a Ph.D. student in Network Science at Northeastern University, advised by Prof. Samuel Scarpino. Her interdisciplinary research integrates methodologies from network science, computer science, and biophysics to develop advanced methods in biological networks. She focuses on investigating the emergence of human diseases at the cellular level, aiming to drive algorithmic innovation for disease mechanism inference, and therapeutic designs.Tamanna holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. Before returning to academia, she worked in renewable energy engineering and later as a data scientist at large-scale technology companies—Pathao in Bangladesh and Gojek in Indonesia—where she designed and deployed high-impact algorithms in real-time logistics and consumer behavior systems.Outside of research, Tamanna is a semi-professional singer, and enjoys swimming outdoors