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Meet Our Team

Eva-Maria Strauch

Principle Investigator
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I am fascinated by the molecular creativity viruses use to recognize, enter and hijack cells. My mission is to understand and inhibit these molecular processes by combining tools of computational and experimental methods - with the goal to develop new avenues for diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines. 
In my spare time I am running behind a high-energy baby (premature toddler). More

Raulia Syrlybaeva

Postdoctoral Fellow

My main research interests lie in computational chemistry. Currently, I am focused on the uses of machine learning in protein design problems. Besides, I participate in a project aiming to provide deeper insights into patterns of structural diversity of influenza virus hemagglutinin.

Manikandan Mohan

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Karen Juliana Gonzalez Restrepo

Graduate Student, Bioinformatics

I am a Ph.D. student in bioinformatics at the University of Georgia. My main focus is the study of viral surface proteins from a multi-state approach. Specifically, I am interested in understanding how the stability of these proteins contribute to infectivity and how this relationship can be used for vaccine development.

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Issac Torres

Graduate Student, Bioinformatics

I am interested in computational models that help creating new drugs or treatments to tackle complex diseases.

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Aditi Gupta

Graduate Student, PBS

Autumn Tobin

Research Technician

Kaitlyn  Orzechowski 

Undergraduate Researcher 

Osvaldo Maldonado

Undergraduate research facilitator

Ryan Patrick Ward

undergraduate researcher

​Alumni

2019 Kyle Noble, Ph.D. (research technician) 
Spring 2019 Jayant Parashar (graduate researcher, C. S)
2018 - 2019 Rhythm Shah, Ph.D. (research technician)
2018 Jiachen Huang (ILS rotation student, UGA)
​2018 Noah Legall (ILS rotation student, UGA)
2017 - 2018   Rachel Crow (undergraduate researcher, Microbiology, UW)
2017 - 2018 Cooper James (undergraduate researcher, Microbiology, UW)
2017 - 2018   Luana Paleologu (undergraduate researcher, Microbiology, UW)
2017   Luis Gomez-Castillo (undergraduate researcher, Microbiology, UW)