Here are the role models in my research field:
David Haussler (UCSC)
http://www.cbse.ucsc.edu/staff/haussler.shtml
Gill Bejerano (UCSC)
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~jill/
Yi Xing (UCLA)
http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/~yxing/
Wen-Hsiung Li (Chicago Uni.)
http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/faculty/li_w.html
Xiaohui Xie (MIT)
http://www.broad.mit.edu/personal/xhx/
Greg Elgar (Queen Mary)
http://www.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/people/greg_elgar.shtml