Email: kmc112@{pitt,cmu}.edu
Office: 242 Crawford Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Education: B.S. Computer Science, San Jose State University
I am interested in the biophysics of membrane proteins and how they interact with the membrane. I work with Dr. Michael Grabe in the Grabe lab.
Spring 2009: Computational Genomics, Cell and Systems Modeling, Laboratory Methods, Journal Club.
I grew up in Marin County, California, 20 minutes north of San Francisco. After studying for a year at Cal Poly Pomona and then a year at North Carolina State, I transferred to San Jose State University where I finished my degree in Computer Science with an emphasis in bioinformatics and a minor in math. I spent the summer of 2007 at Iowa State University researching microarray data analysis under Chris Tuggle. In 2008 I started working towards my Ph.D. in Computational Biology through a joint program between Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh. My primary goal is to someday have a positive impact in medicine and curing disease.
At Iowa State I began work on a database for the storage and analysis of microarray data. ANEXdb is still in development but is now accepting experiments and data.
At San Jose State I worked with Dr. Sami Khuri on a database for the mapping of mutations related to beta thalassemia.
Soccer, running, biking, backpacking, cooking, growing, art, music.
