BBSI Faculty and Mentors

Below is a list of the individuals from the University of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University who will serve as core instructors and/or research mentors for the BBSI program. Clicking on a faculty name will take you to their home page; to explore the department and institution they belong to, click on their "Departmental Affiliation" or "Institution"; to see the types of summer research projects available to you, click on "Summer Program Description".

 

Faculty

Departmental Affiliation

Institution

Summer_Program Description

 

Core Instructors

 

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Research Mentors

Ivet Bahar

Computational Biology

Pitt

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Takis Benos

Computational Biology, and
Human Genetics

Pitt

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Rob Coalson

Chemistry, Physics, and
Center for Molecular and Materials Simulations

Pitt

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G. Bard Ermentrout

Mathematics, and 
Center for Neural Basis of Cognition

Pitt
Pitt/CMU

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Jeffry Madura

Chemistry & Biochemistry, and
Center for Computational Sciences

Duquesne

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Hagai Meirovitch

Computational Biology

Pitt

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Joel Stiles

Biomedical Initiative, and
Neuroscience

PSC/CMU
Pitt

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Research

 

Mentors

Carlos Camacho

Computational Biology

Pitt

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Chakra Chennubhotla Computational Biology

Pitt

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Lillian Chong Chemistry

Pitt

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Billy Day

Pharmaceutical Sciences, and
Chemistry

Pitt

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Michael Erdmann

Computer Science

CMU

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Jeffrey Evanseck

Chemistry & Biochemistry, and
Center for Computational Sciences

Duquesne

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Jim Faeder Computational Biology

Pitt

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Madhavi Ganapathiraju Biomedical Informatics and Intelligent Systems Program

Pitt

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Vanathi Gopalakrishnan

Biomedical Informatics and Intelligent Systems Program

Pitt

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Michael Grabe Biological Sciences
Pitt
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Bino John Computational Biology

Pitt

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Kenneth Jordan

Chemistry

Pitt

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Judith Klein-Seetharaman

Structural Biology

Pitt

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Maria Kurnikova Chemistry CMU click here

Ivan Maly

Computational Biology

Pitt

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G. Elisabeta (Liz) Marai Computer Science (Pitt) and Robotics Institute (CMU)

Pitt/CMU

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Gabriela Mustata Computational Biology

Pitt

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Hugh Nicholas

Biomedical Initiative

PSC/CMU

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John Rosenberg

Biological Sciences

Pitt

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Gordon Rule

Biological Sciences

CMU

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Michael Sacks Bioengineering

Pitt

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Sanjeev Shroff Bioengineering

Pitt

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David Swigon Mathematics

Pitt

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Shlomo Ta’asan

Mathematical Sciences

CMU

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Pei Tang

Structural Biology

Pitt

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Troy Wymore NRBSC PSC/CMU click here
Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie Pharmaceutical Sciences/Drug Discovery Institute Pitt click here
Daniel Zuckerman Computational Biology, and
Environmental & Occupational Health
Pitt click here

Pitt: University of Pittsburgh; PSC: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center;
Duquesne: Duquesne University; CMU: Carnegie Mellon University