People
The lab in 2015
Eberhard O. Voit, Ph.D.
Professor and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biological Systems
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Education (University at Cologne, Germany):
| 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 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 1981- | Michael Savageau Lab, |
| 1982 | University of Michigan | |
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An 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.
Jacob Davis
Education:
| B.S. | 2017 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering, Marietta, GA | Ph.D. program | Bioengineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Microbial community dynamics, model reduction, machine learning.
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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 Quimica e Biologica (ITQB) | ||
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa | ||
In vivo NMR methods; mathematical pathway modeling
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Anuj Gupta
Education:
| B. Tech. | 2013 | Biol. Sciences & Bioengineering |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), India | ||
| M.S. | 2015 | Bioinformatics |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
| Ph.D. Program | Bioinformatics | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Bioinformatics, Bacterial Typing, Pathway modeling
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Carla Kumbale
Education:
| B.S. | 2015 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
| M.S. | 2018 | Epidemiology |
| Emory University | ||
| Ph.D. Program | Bioengineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Cancer Modeling
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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
Harnel Alezi
Education:
| B.S. 2016 | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
Modeling erythropoiesis in malaria
Next position: Fuji Film Medical Systems
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Fernando J. Alvarez-Vasquez
Education:
| M.S. | 1990 | Biology |
| Universidad Simon 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.
Next Stop: Center for Genomics, UNAM, Mexico
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Brandon Bumbaca
Education:
| B.S. Program | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
Creating a Matlab Guided User Interface for a schizophrenia simulator.
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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.
Next position: Postdoctoral fellow, UCLA
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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.
Next position: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech
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Allie Del Giorno
Education:
| B.S. 2013 | Electrical and Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Compartmental Modeling of Respiratory Neurons.
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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. | Electrical Engineering | |
| 2015 | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
Models of Lactococcus lactis metabolism.
Next Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT
Mojdeh Faraji
Education:
| B.S. | 2008 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Isfahan University of Technology, Iran | ||
| M.S. | 2012 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Southern Illinois, Edwardsville | ||
| M.S. | 2012 | Applied Mathematics |
| Southern Illinois, Edwardsville | ||
| Ph.D. | 2018 | 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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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.
Software Development: Biochemical Systems Toolbox (BSTBox)
Next Stop: 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.
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.
Akram Khaja
Education:
| B.S. Program | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
Creating practice exercises for systems biology
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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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Carla Kumbale
Education:
| B.S. | 2015 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Creation of examples and exercises for education in systems biology.
Next Position: Master's program in Epidemiology, Emory University
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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.
Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow, 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.
Next Stop: Centre for Intergative Genomics, Norway
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Miguel Monteiro
Education:
| B.S. Program | 2015 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Modeling glucose metabolism in Staphylococcus cultures
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Kavya Muddukumar
Education:
| B.S. Program | 2014 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Creation of examples and exercises for education in systems biology.
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Daniel Olivenca
Education:
| B.S. | 2002 | Mathematics |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
| M.S. | 2011 | Probability and Statistics |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | Ph.D. Program | Biology |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
Models of the phosphatidylinositol pathway and cystic fibrosis
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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 | ||
Inferences of molecular mechanisms from metabolomics data.
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Gautam Rangavajla
Education:
| B.S. Program | 2016 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Creation of examples and exercises for education in systems biology.
Next position: Medical School
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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Mark Stathos
Education:
| B.S. Program | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Modeling changes in neurotransmitter levels caused by alcohol use, dependence, and treatment
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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Janine Symonds
Education:
| M.Sci. | 2009 | Mathematics |
| Imperial College London, U.K. | ||
| M.Res. | 2011 | Modelling Biological Complexity |
| University College London, U.K. | ||
| Ph.D. program | Mathematical Biology | |
| University College London, U.K. | ||
Models of purine metabolism and the treatment of cancer with purine inhibitors.
Narae Talbott
Education:
| B.S. Program | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
Creating practice exercises for systems biology
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Newsha Tavakoli
Education:
| B.S. | 2016 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Creation of examples and exercises for education in systems biology.
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Beth Thompson
Education:
| B.S. | 2016 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Creation of examples and exercises for education in systems biology.
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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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Sebastian Wolf
Education:
| B.S. | 2008 | Biosystems Technology |
| University of Magdeburg, Germany | ||
| M.S. | 2012 | Molecular Biotechnology |
| Technical University of Munich, Germany |
Modeling potassium regulation in Pseudomonas putida
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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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Jiwon Yom
Education:
| B.S. Program | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
Creating practice exercises for systems biology
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Gina Yu
Education:
| B.S. | 2015 | Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Research Topic:
Modeling neurotransmitter circuitry and balances with focus on schizophrenia