Principal Investigator
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Amarda Shehu [Curriculum Vitae]
Bio that can be used for talks:Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science
Affiliate Appointments in the Department of Bioengineering and
School of Systems Biology
Ph.D. Rice University 2008
email: amarda{AT}cs.gmu.edu
web: www.cs.gmu.edu/~ashehu
Dr. Amarda Shehu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at George Mason University. She holds affiliated appointments in the School of Systems Biology and the Department of Bioengineering at George Mason University. She received her B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY in 2002 and her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University in Houston, TX in 2008, where she was an NIH fellow of the Nanobiology Training Program of the Gulf Coast Consortia. Shehu's research contributions are in computational structural biology, biophysics, and bioinformatics with a focus on issues concerning the relationship between sequence, structure, dynamics, and function in biological molecules. Her research on probabilistic search and optimization algorithms for protein structure modeling is supported by various NSF programs, including Intelligent Information Systems, Computing Core Foundations, and Software Infrastructure. Shehu is also the recipient of an NSF CAREER award and a Jeffress Memorial Trust Award.
Researchers
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Kevin Molloy
Visiting Researcher, Computer Science, George Mason University
Postdoctoral fellow at CNRS-LAAS, Toulouse, France
Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. at George Mason University
email: kmolloy1{AT}gmu.edu
web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~kmolloy1
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Tatiana Maximova
Postdoctoral researcher, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Ph.D. in Computational Physics, Odessa National Polytechnic University, Ukraine
email: tmaximov{AT}gmu.edu
web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~tmaximov
Ph.D. Students
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Nasrin Akhter
Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science
M.S. University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.S. University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
email: nakhter3{AT}gmu.edu
web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~nakhter3
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Erich O'Saben
Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science
B.S. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
B.A. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
email: eosaben{AT}gmu.edu
web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~eosaben
Undergraduate Students
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Xiaowen Fang
Undergraduate researcher, Summer-Fall 2017
Junior, Computer Science
George Mason University
email: xfang5@gmu.edu
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Lu Lu
Undergraduate researcher, Summer 2017
Senior, Computer Science
George Mason University
email: llu10@gmu.edu
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Erica Molnar
Undergraduate researcher, Spring 2017 - Fall 2016
Senior, Computer Science
George Mason University
email: emolnar@gmu.edu
High School Students
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Sharmila Roy
High-school researcher, Summer-Fall 2017
Rising senior, Thomas Jefferson High School
email: sharmila.royc{AT}gmail.com
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Kevin Zou
High-school researcher, Summer-Fall 2017
Junior, Thomas Jefferson High School
email: kevinzou2150{AT}gmail.com
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Noah Prinzbach
High-school researcher, Summer 2017
Junior, West Potomac High School
email: noah.prinz7{AT}gmail.com
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Rishin Pandit
High-school researcher, Summer 2017
Junior, Thomas Jefferson High School
email: rishin.pandit{AT}gmail.com
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Fiona Carcani
High-school researcher, Summer 2017
Junior, Thomas Jefferson High School
email: fionac514{AT}gmail.com