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Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Dr. Faruck<\/span> Morcos<\/span><\/div>
Associate Professor<\/div>

Fellow, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science
Depts. of Biological Sicences,\u00a0 Bioengineering (affiliate), Physics (affiliate)

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\"Linkedin<\/a>\"Orc<\/a>\"ResearchGate\"<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Post Docs<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Dr. Jose Alberto<\/span> de la Paz<\/span><\/div>
Postdoctoral Researcher<\/div>

Depts. of Biological Sicences<\/p><\/div>

\"ResearchGate\"<\/a>\"Orc<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Graduate Students<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Sophia <\/span> Alvarez<\/span><\/div>
Graduate Student<\/div>

Program<\/strong>
Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology<\/p>

Research Areas<\/strong>
Molecular Evolution, Protein Engineering, Science Communication and Outreach<\/p><\/div>

\"Linkedin<\/a>\"Orc<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Fariha<\/span> Hossain<\/span><\/div>
Graduate Student<\/div>

Program
<\/strong>Ph.D.\u00a0 Molecular and Cellular Biology<\/p>

Research Areas
<\/strong>Protein Design and Engineering


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Jonathan<\/span> Martin<\/span><\/div>
Graduate Student<\/div>

Program<\/strong>
Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology<\/p>

Research Areas
<\/strong>Protein Engineering, Computational Biology, Protein-Protein Coevolution

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\"Linkedin<\/a>\"Orc<\/a>\"Personal<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>
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Shubham<\/span> Mittal<\/span><\/div>
Graduate Student<\/div>

Program
<\/strong>Ph.D. Molecular and Cell Biology<\/p>

Research Areas
<\/strong>Protein-Protein Coevolution, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Computational Biology<\/p><\/div>

\"Linkedin<\/a>\"Orc<\/a>\"GitHub\"<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>
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Marjan<\/span> Nikpey<\/span><\/div>
Graduate Student<\/div>

Program
<\/strong>Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering<\/p>

Research Areas
<\/strong>Molecular Evolution , Protein Engineering

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Alejandro<\/span> Valenciano<\/span><\/div>
Graduate Student<\/div>

Program<\/strong>
M.S Biotechnology<\/p>

Research Areas<\/strong>
Molecular Evolution and Computational Biology

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Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Rand Abou<\/span> Saleh<\/span><\/div>
Undergraduate Student<\/div>

Program
<\/strong>Biology (BS), Computer Science (Minor)|Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (MS) Fast-Track<\/p>

Research Areas<\/strong>
Molecular Evolution, Protein Biochemistry, and Computational Biology<\/p><\/div>

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Donald<\/span> Tinsley<\/span><\/div>
Undergraduate Student<\/div>

Program
<\/strong>Biology (BS)


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Luis Rogelio<\/span> Hernandez<\/span><\/div>
Undergraduate Student<\/div>

Program
<\/strong>Computer Science (BS), Math (Minor)


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Lab Pictures<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Alumni<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdocs and visiting scholars<\/em>
\nCharisse Nartey (Postdoc)<\/a>
\nClaude Sinner (Postdoc)<\/a>
\nRicardo Dos Santos (Visiting scholar)
\nFernando Bruno (Visiting Scholar)<\/a>
\nOlle Nordesj\u00f6 (Visiting Student)<\/p>\n

Graduate students
\n<\/em>Xianli Jiang (PhD student)<\/a>
\nQin Zhou (PhD student)<\/a>
\nAishwarya Krishnamohan (PhD student)<\/a>
\nCheyenne Ziegler (PhD student)<\/a>
\nRaheel Ahmed (MS student)<\/a>
\nAdam Davis (MS student)
\nNicholas Mercado (MS student)
\nAlex Stanowick (MS student)<\/a>
\nElijah Irvine (MS student)<\/p>\n

Undergraduate<\/em>
\nDavid Brock (BS student)
\nAyman Kazmi (BS student)
\nYun Ho Jung (BS student)<\/a>
\nVladimir Volobouev (BS Student)<\/a>
\nJorge Quintero (REU)<\/a>
\nDavid Pe\u00f1a (REU)
\nMat\u00edas Barcelo (REU)<\/a>
\nNicholas Nguyen (REU)
\nYash Pathi (REU)<\/a>
\nAlexandra Torres (REU)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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