Current Position
Professor and John K. Vries Chair, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, School of Medicine (SOM), University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)
Associate Director, University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute
Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Molecular and Systems Modeling Core
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 1986
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1983
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1980
Career/Employment
John K. Vries Chair, Department of Computational Biology, SOM, Pitt, 2005-2010
Founding Chair, Department of Computational Biology, SOM, Pitt, 2004-2010
Founding Director, PhD Program in Computational Biology, Joint Pitt & Carnegie Mellon University, 2005-2009
Founding Director, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, SOM, Pitt, 2001-2004
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, SOM, Pitt, 2001-2004
Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993-2001
Head, Adv Polymeric Materials Research Unit, TUBITAK, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey 1998-2000
Director, Polymer Research Center, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1992-2000
Fogarty Fellow and Visiting Scientist, Experimental and Computational Biology Laboratory, Division of Basic Sciences, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 1992-2000 (summers)
Visiting Scientist, NATO CRG and CNRS projects, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie (ESPCI), Laboratoire de Physicochimie Structurale et Macromoléculaire (PCSM), Paris, France, (several short-term visits) 1989-1998
Visiting Professor, University of Akron, Institute of Polymer Science, Akron, Ohio (summers) 1988-1991
UNESCO Fellow, University of Akron, Institute of Polymer Science, Akron, Ohio (summer) 1987
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1987-1993
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1986-1987
Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 1984-1986
Honors and Awards
(*) Member of ALLEA (All European Academies)
Recent Professional Activities
| 2012 -2013 |
Director's New Innovator Award Program, NIH |
| 2011 |
Ad hoc Reviewer, EUREKA Proposals, NIH |
| 2010 |
NIH Study Section Chair, IMST on Computational Biology, Image Processing, and Data Mining |
| 2009 |
NIH Study Section Member, National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways (TCNP), San Francisco |
| 2008 |
Editorial Board, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics |
| 2008 - 2009 |
External Advisory Board, Beckman Institute, Molecular and Electric Nanostructures, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 2007 - 2008 |
NIH Study Section Chair, Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems (MABS) |
| 2004 - 2007 |
NIH Study Section Member, Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems (MABS) |
| 2004 - 2007 |
Editorial Board, Biophysical Journal |
Other Scientific Activities
| 06/2014 |
Elected Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Biopolymers |
| 03/2012 |
Invited Speaker, EMBO Workshop VIZBI 2012 on Visualizing Biological Data, Heidelberg, Germany |
| 12/2011 |
Invited Speaker, Zing Conference on Protein and RNA Structure Prediction, Cancun, Mexico |
| 07/2011 |
Keynote Speaker, ISCB Student Council Symposium, 19th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology/10th Annual European Conference on Computational Biology, Vienna, Austria |
| 07/2011 |
Invited Speaker, International Conference on Mathematical Biology, Bangalore, India |
| 06/2011 |
Invited Speaker, Albany 2011: The 17th Conversation, State University of New York at Albany |
| 01/2011 |
Invited Speaker, Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2011, Kona, Hawaii, PSB Session on Multi-scale modeling of Biosystems: From Molecular to Mesoscale |
For a complete list of activities in 2004-2012, please see Conferences.
Memberships
| 2001 |
Member of the Biophysical Society |
| 1998 |
Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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Member of the Protein Society |
| 2002 |
Member of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) |
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Member of the International Society of Quantum Biology and Pharmacology |
| 2009 |
Member, Center for Simulation and Modeling, Pitt |
| 2006 |
Faculty, Ph.D. Program in Integrative Molecular Biology, Pitt |
| 2005 |
Faculty and Steering Committee, Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. Program |
| 2003 |
Member, Center for Biological Language Modeling, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2002 |
Faculty, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pitt |
| 2002 |
Member, Molecular Medicine Institute, Pitt |
| 2001 |
Core Faculty, Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Pitt |
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