My research focuses on computational methods aimed at furthering our understand of protein structure and dynamics. Understanding the complex relationship between protein sequence (its chemical definition), protein structure (the set of thermodynamically stable configurations a protein undertakes to perform its function), and protein function promises to help better understand how these molecular machines function in both healthy and diseased cells. My personal research goal is to strengthen this field so that it can start to provide a molecular basis for understanding cancer, Alzheimers, and other diseases/conditions.

My approach to addresses these open challenges involves many areas of computer science including: applying ideas originating in robotic motion planning, stochastic optimization, machine learning and data mining, and artificial intelligence.

Undergraduate Reseach Opportunities

I am currently looking for motivated undergraduates to to participate in my research in computational biology and machine learning (position announcement). Interested candidates can email me there resume/CV along with their background/past experience. Potential independent studies are also possible.