People
The lab during the aquarium banquet of the FSSB'13 conference 2013
Eberhard O. Voit, Ph.D.
Professor and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biological Systems
Co-Director, Integrated BioSystems Institute
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Education (Universität zu Köln):
| Vordiplom (B.S.) | 1973 | Natural Sciences |
| Vordiplom | 1975 | Mathematics |
| Diplom (M.S.) | 1976 | Biology (Zoology, Genetics) |
| Philosophikum | 1977 | Philosophy/Education |
| Staatsexamen (M.S.) | 1978 | Mathematics |
| Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) | 1981 | Developmental/Theoretical Biology |
Jeff Caimano
Business Administrator
Po-Wei Chen
Education:
| B.S. | 2006 | Bioindustrial Mechatronics Engineering |
| National Taiwan University | ||
| Ph.D. program | Bioengineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Models of sphingolipid metabolism in yeast.
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Ann Dam, Ph.D.
Education:
| B.S. | 1996 | Biochemistry |
| California State University, Fullerton, CA | ||
| Ph.D. | 2002 | Cellular and Molecular Biology |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | ||
Bioinformatics; models of metapopulations.
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Sepideh Dolatshahi
Education:
| B.S. | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| University of Tehran, Iran | ||
| M.S. | 2009 | Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications) |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||
| Ph.D. program | Electrical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Models of Lactococcus lactis metabolism.
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Mojdeh Faraji
Education:
| B.S. | 2008 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Isfahan University of Technology, Iran | ||
| M.S. | 2012 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois, Edwardsville | ||
| M.S. | 2012 | Applied Mathematics |
| Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois, Edwardsville | ||
| Ph.D. program | Bioengineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Models of lignin metabolism and recalcitrance for biofuel production.
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David Fieni
Education:
| B.S. Program | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
Research Topic:
Modeling the balance of neurochemicals
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Luis Maria Lopes da Fonseca, Ph.D.
Education:
| B.S. | 1998 | Biochemistry |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
| Ph.D. | 2006 | Biochemistry |
| Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB) | ||
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa | ||
In vivo NMR methods; mathematical pathway modeling
Michio Iwata
Education:
| B.S. | 20099 | Computer Science and Systems Engineering |
| Kyushu Institute of Technology | ||
| M.S. | 2011 | Agriculture |
| Kyushu University | ||
| Ph.D. program | Agriculture | |
| Kyushu University | ||
| JSPS Research Fellow | 2012 | Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences |
| Kyushu University | ||
Parameter estimation in mathematical models for metabolic reaction systems.
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Zhen Qi, Ph.D.
Education:
| M.S. | 1999 | Microwave Remote Sensing |
| Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||
| Ph.D. | 2004 | Bioinformatics |
| Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||
Biochemical system theory and data mining techniques for modeling, simulation, and knowledge discovery of biological pathways and diseases, with special emphasis on Parkinson's Disease.
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James Wade
Education:
| B.S. | 2010 | Industrial and Systems Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
| Ph.D. program | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Models of control networks for mesenchymal stem cell differentiation
Lab visit by our friends and sponsors Ann and David Flanagan
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ALUMNI OF THE LAB
Fernando J. Alvarez-Vasquez
Education:
| M.S. | 1990 | Biology |
| Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela | ||
| Ph.D. | 2001 | Biochemistry |
| Universidad La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain | ||
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 2002 | Medical University of South Carolina |
| -2008 | ||
Mathematical modeling toward understanding the processes that control the dynamics of cell behavior under different conditions.
Currently: Center for Genomics, UNAM, Mexico
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I-Chun Chou
Education:
| B.S. | 1997 | Pharmacy |
| National Taiwan University | ||
| M.S. | 1999 | Clinical Pharmacy |
| National Taiwan University | ||
| M.S. | 2003 | System & Information Science |
| Syracuse University | ||
| Ph.D. | 2008 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Parameter estimation of biomedical systems models and S-distributions.
Currently: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech
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Allie Del Giorno
Education:
| B.S. Program | Electrical and Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Compartmental Modeling of Respiratory Neurons.
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Gautam Goel
Education:
| B.S. | 1998 | Mechanical Engineering |
| University of Pune, Pune | ||
| M.S. | 1999 | Computer Science |
| National Centre for Software Technology, Bangalore | ||
| M.S. | 2006 | Bioengineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
| Ph.D. | 2009 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Computational analysis of metabolic pathways such as glycolysis in lactic acid bacteria. Primary objective is to uncover regulatory mechanisms of the organism to enable efficient control and yield optimization of desired metabolite production. Analysis techniques involve mixed-mode modeling (bottom-up / top-down / partial modeling and stoichiometric / kinetic models) as well as development and application of parameter estimation software algorithms.
Software Development: Biochemical Systems Toolbox (BSTBox)
Currently: Harvard University
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Xiaoling He
Education:
| M.S. | 1997 | Mechanical Engineering |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville | ||
| M.S. | 2000 | Tribology/Mechanical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
| Ph.D. | 2000 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Nonlinear dynamics and system modeling of plant cell wall materials and structures with emphasis on biofuels.
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Shinichi Kikuchi
Education and Work Experience:
| B.S. | 1998 | Mathematics |
| Keio University, Japan | ||
| M.E. | 2000 | Computer Science |
| Keio University, Japan | ||
| Ph.D. | 2001 | Engineering |
| Keio University, Japan |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 2001 | Comp. Biol. Res. Center |
| Nat. Inst. Adv. Ind. Sci. Techn. | ||
| Research Fellow | 2002 | Institute for Advanced Biosciences |
| Keio University, Japan | ||
| Assistant Professor | 2005 | Environment and Information Studies |
| Keio University, Japan | ||
Mathematical modeling of synaptic plasticity.
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WangHee Lee
Education:
| B.S. | 2004 | Agricultural Machinery Engineering |
| Seoul National University, South Korea | ||
| M.S. | 2006 | Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
| Purdue University | ||
| Ph.D. | 2011 | Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
| Purdue University | ||
| Postdoctoral Fellow/td> | 2011-2012 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Mathematical modeling of lignin pathways.
Currently: Assistant Professor, Chungnam National University, South Korea
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Yun Lee
Education:
| B.S. | 2003 | Electrical Engineering |
| National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan | ||
| M.S. | 2005 | Electrical Engineering |
| National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan | ||
| Ph.D. | 2012 | Bioengineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Bioengineering | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | ||
Mathematical modeling of metabolic pathways with emphasis on biofuel production.
Currently: University of California, Los Angeles
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Anna Machina
Education:
| M.S. | 2002 | Mathematics |
| Tambov State University, Russia | ||
| Ph.D. program | Applied Mathematics | |
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences | ||
| Visiting Student | 2008 | Bioengineering |
| -2009 | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
Application of the theory of differential equations with discontinuous right-hand sides (differential inclusions) to the analysis of gene regulatory networks and other biological systems.
Currently: Centre for Intergative Genomics, Norway
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Kellie Sims
Education:
| B.S. | Mathematics | |
| Louisiana State University | ||
| M.S. | 2001 | Environmental Studies |
| Univ. of Charleston and Medical University of South Carolina | ||
| Ph.D. | 2008 | Bioinformatics |
| Medical University of South Carolina | ||
Experimental and modeling studies of the role of sphingolipids and caloric restriction on aging.
Currently: Medical University of South Carolina
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Deepak Sundar
Education:
| B.S. | 2007 | Computer Science and Engineering |
| PSG Tech , Anna University, India | ||
| M.S. | 2009 | Computer Science |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Metabolic pathway visualization.
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Siren Veflingstad
Education:
| M.S. | 2002 | Applied Mathematics |
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences | ||
| Ph.D. | 2006 | Applied Mathematics |
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences | ||
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 2006 | Bioengineering |
| -2008 | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
Mathematical modelling of metabolic pathways, with emphasis on energy metabolism and bioenergetics.
Currently: University of Warwick
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Jialiang Wu
Education:
| B.S. | 1996 | Mathematics |
| Sun Yet-sen University | ||
| M.S. | 2003 | Mathematics |
| University of South Carolina | ||
| M.S. | 2003 | Computer Engineering |
| University of South Carolina | ||
| Ph.D. | 2011 | Bioinformatics |
Hybrid models of metabolic pathways.
Currently: Yale University
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Weiwei Yin
Education:
| B.S. | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| Zhejiang University | ||
| M.S. | Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence | |
| Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science | ||
| M.S. | 2007 |
Bioengineering |
| Ph.D. | 2012 | Bioengineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 2012 | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Mathematical models of the NADPH Oxidase system and its role in mechanotransduction.
Currently: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech
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