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Reviewer

Book Proposals:

CRC Press — Research Trends in Bio-inspired Algorithms for Bigdata Analytics, CRC Press — Big Data Analytics: Systems, Algorithms and Applications, CRC Press — Enhancement of K-means Clustering Algorithm with Hybrid Optimization Approach, CRC Press — Big Data in E-Health: Challenges and Perspectives

Journals: FEBS Letters, PLoS Comput Biol, PLoS One, J Phys Chem Lett, Scientific Reports, F1000 Research, BMC Genomics, Proteins: Struct, Funct, and Bioinf, Proc Natl Acad Sci (PNAS), J Amer Chem Soc (JACS), Biophysical J, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (General Subjects) Structural Dynamics, J of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), Robotica, IEEE Trans Evol Comput (TEVC), J of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Entropy J, IEEE Trans on Comp Biol and Bioinf (TCBB), IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, BMC Structural Biology J, Molecules, Proteome Science J, Computational Biology and Chemistry J, Intl J Mol Sciences, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, J Bioinf and Comp Biol, Bioinformatics J, J Chem Info and Model, J Comput Chemistry, Molecular Biology Reports, Comput and Struct Biotechnology J

Conferences: ACM Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Conference (ACM BCB), IEEE Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Intl Conf Res Comp Mol Biol(RECOMB), Intelligent Systems Mol Biol (ISMB), Intl Conf on Bioinf and Comput Biol (BiCoB), Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG), Comput Struct Biol Workshop (CSBW), Intl Conf Comp Sys Bioinf (CSB), Intl Workshop Algo Found of Robotics (WAFR), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Inlt Conf Bio-inspired Models of Network, Info, and Comput (Bionetics) IEEE Intl Conf Net Dig Tech (NDT)

Grant Proposals:

  • NIH BST-80 AREA (R15) Bioengineering study section member, 2018
  • NIH BDMA study section member, 2017-2015
  • NIH Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) for Biomedical Research Shared Instrumentation (S10), 2016
    Panelist and ad-hoc reviewer for various NSF programs (IIS/III CAREER, CCF, SI2) 2017-2010
    Accelerating Scientific Discovery (ASDI) (Netherlands e-Science Center + Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research), 2016
  • NIH Bioinformatics, Topics in Computational Biosciences Special Emphasis Shared and High-End Instrumentation study section member, 2015
  • AgreenSkills (EU + INRIA), 2014-2013

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
  • American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Women in Engineering
  • IEEE CIS BBTC
  • ACM, SIGBCB, SIGACT, SIGART, SIGSIM, SIGEVO, SIGKDD
  • International Society for Computational Biology (ICSB)
  • Biophysical Society
  • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Mason Nanotechnology Initiative

Selected Professional Activities

Editorial Boards:

  • Associate Editor, ACM/IEEE Trans Bioinf and Comp Biol (BCB), 2017-present
  • Guest co-editor, IEEE/ACM Trans Comput Biol and Bioinf 2017, special issue of ACM-BCB 2017 (with Tamer Kahveci and Giuseppe Pozzi).
  • Guest co-editor, J Biomedical and Health Informatics 2017, special issue of ACM-BCB 2017 (with Tamer Kahveci and Giuseppe Pozzi).
  • Guest co-editor, PLoS Comput Biol 2015, special collection on Macromolecular Structure and Dynamics to celebrate journal’s tenth anniversary (with Ruth Nussinov).
  • Guest co-editor, IEEE/ACM TCBB 2015, special issue (with Illhoi Yoo).Guest co-editor, J Comput Biol 2015, special issue (with
  • Jing He, Nurit Haspel, and Brian Chen).
  • Guest associate editor, Education collection, PLoS Comp Biol, 2014.
  • Guest co-editor, Robotica 2014, special issue (with Lydia Tapia, Juan Cortes, and Jianlin Cheng).
  • Member, Intl J of Data Mining & Bioinformatics (IJDMb), 2013-present.
  • Guest co-editor, BMC Structural Biology J 2013, special issue on Bioinformatics (with Jing He, Nurit Haspel, and Brian Chen).
  • Guest co-editor, J Bioinf Comput Biol 2012, special issue on Bioinformatics (with Jing He, Nurit Haspel, and Brian Chen).
  • Guest co-editor, J Bioinf Comput Biol 2011, special issue on Bioinformatics (with Nurit Haspel).

Grant Proposals:

  • NIH BST-80 AREA (R15) Bioengineering study section member, 2018
  • NIH BDMA study section member, 2017-2015
  • NIH Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) for Biomedical Research Shared Instrumentation (S10), 2016
    Panelist and ad-hoc reviewer for various NSF programs (IIS/III CAREER, CCF, SI2) 2017-2010
    Accelerating Scientific Discovery (ASDI) (Netherlands e-Science Center + Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research), 2016
  • NIH Bioinformatics, Topics in Computational Biosciences Special Emphasis Shared and High-End Instrumentation study section member, 2015
  • AgreenSkills (EU + INRIA), 2014-2013

Workshop Organization

  1. “Computational Structural Biology Workshop” (CSBW) at ACM BCB, August 20, 2017, Boston, MA. (with Nurit Haspel/UMass Boston, and Kevin Molloy/GMU).
  2. “Women @ GECCO” at ACM GECCO, July 15, 2017, Berlin, Germany (chairing with Tea Tusar).
  3. “Evolutionary Computation in Computational Biology” at ACM GECCO, July 15, 2017, Berlin, Germany (with José Santos/University of A Coruña, Julia Handl/University of Manchester, and Mostafa Ellabaan/Technical University of Denmark).
  4. “Women @ GECCO” at ACM GECCO, July 20, 2016, Denver, Colorado (with Emma Hart, Carola Doerr, Una-May O’Reilly, Julia Handl, Gabriela Ochoa, and others).
  5. “Evolutionary Computation in Computational Structural Biology” at ACM GECCO, July 20, 2016, Denver, Colorado (with José Santos/University of A Coruña and Julia Handl/University of Manchester).
  6. “Computational Structural Biology Workshop” (CSBW) at IEEE BIBM, November 09, 2015, Washington, D.C. (with Jing He/Old Dominion University, Nurit Haspel/UMass Boston, and Brian Chen/Lehigh University).
  7. “Evolutionary Computation in Computational Structural Biology” at ACM GECCO, July 11, 2015, Madrid, Spain (with José Santos/University of A Coruña and Julia Handl/University of Manchester).
  8. “Computational Structural Biology Workshop” (CSBW) at ACM BCB, September 20, 2014, Newport Beach, CA (with Jing He/Old Dominion University, Nurit Haspel/UMass Boston, and Brian Chen/Lehigh University).
  9. “Workshop on Robotics Methods for Biological Structures and Kinematics Modeling” at RSS, July 12, 2014, Berkeley, CA (with Juan Cortes/CNRS-LAAS, Jianlin Cheng/University of Missouri, and Lydia Tapia/University of New Mexico).
  10. “NSF CISE CAREER Writing Workshop” CAREER, March 31, 2013, Arlington, VA (with Huzefa Rangwala/George Mason University).
  11. “Computational Structural Biology Workshop” (CSBW), September 22, 2013, Washington, D.C. (with Jing He/Old Dominion University, Nurit Haspel/UMass Boston, and Brian Chen/Lehigh University).
  12. “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Method in Computational Biology” at AAAI, July 15, 2013, Bellevue, WA (with Juan Cortes/CNRS-LAAS and Jianlin Cheng/University of Missouri).
  13. “Computational Structural Biology Workshop” (CSBW), October 4, 2012, Philadelphia, PA (with Jing He/Old Dominion University, Nurit Haspel/UMass Boston, and Brian Chen/Lehigh University).
  14. “Computational Structural Biology Worksho”p (CSBW), November 12, 2011, Atlanta, GA (with Jing He/Old Dominion University, Nurit Haspel/UMass Boston, and Brian Chen/Lehigh University).
  15. “Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics Workshop”(BioLearn) at BIONETICS, Boston, Dec. 1-3, 2010 (with Kenneth De Jong/George Mason University and Uday Kamath/George Mason University)

Tutorial Organization:

  1. Robotics-inspired Algorithms for Modeling Protein Structures and Motions with Kevin Molloy/George Mason University and David Morris/George Mason University, ACM BCB, 2017
  2. Evolutionary Algorithms for Protein Structure Modeling with with Kenneth De Jong/George Mason University, Emmanuel Sapin/George Mason University, ACM BCB, 2016
  3. “Evolutionary Algorithms for Protein Structure Modeling” with Kenneth De Jong/George Mason University, ACM GECCO, 2015
  4. “Robot Motion Planning Methods for Modeling Structures and Motions of Biomolecules”with Nurit Haspel/UMass Boston, ACM BCB, 2014
  5. “Evolutionary Search Algorithms for Protein Modeling: From De-novo Structure Prediction to Comprehensive Maps of Functionally-relevant Structures of Protein Chains and Assemblies” with Kenneth De Jong/George Mason University, ACM GECCO, 2014
  6. “From Robot Motion Planning to Modeling Structures and Motions of Biological Molecules” with Juan Cortes/CNRS-LAAS and Nurit Haspel/UMass Boston, ACM BCB 2013.

Program and Organizing Committees:

  • General Chair, ACM BCB 2018, Washington, D.C.
  • Special Session chair, IEEE CIBCB 2018, Saint Louis, Missouri
  • PC chair, ACM BCB 2017, Boston, MA
  • PC member, IEEE ICCABS 2017
  • PC member, ISMB 2016
  • PC member, RECOMB 2016
  • PC member, ACM BCB 2016
  • PC member, IEEE ICCABS 2016
  • PC chair, IEEE BIBM, 2015, Washington, D. C.
  • Tutorial co-chair with Vasant Honavar, ACM BCB, 2014, Newport Beach, CA.
  • Local area co-chair with Cathy Wu, ACM BCB, 2013, Washington D.C.
  • PC member, ACM BCB, 2016-2012.
  • PC member, BICoB, 2014, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Systems Biology session chair, ACM BCB, 2012, Orlando, FL.
  • Co-chair of poster session in IEEE BIBM, 2012, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Organizing Committee vice-chair of BIONETICS, 2010, Boston, MA.
  • Co-organizer and co-chair of Bioinformatics track of BIONETICS, 2010, Boston, MA.

Awards:

  • George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award, 2018
  • Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Computer Science, GMU, 2018
  • Nominee for CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award 2017, 2016
  • Nominee for Mason Career Connection Award 2016
  • Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award 2014
  • Mason OSCAR Undergraduate Mentor Excellence Award 2013
  • Nominee for Mason Career Connection Award 2013
  • Young Faculty Research Award, Department of Computer Science, GMU, 2012
  • Honorable Mention, Human-Competitive award at GECCO 2012
  • Nominee for Mason OSCAR Undergraduate Mentor Excellence Award, 2012
  • Nominee for Mason Advisor of the Year, 2012
  • Recipient of Mason Vice President Research and Economic Development Seed Grants, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2012, 2013
  • Recipient of Mason Volgenau School Bioengineering Seed Grant, 2009
  • Recipient of Predoctoral Fellowship of NIH Nanobiology Training Program, 2005-2007

Mentor:

  • Thomas Jefferson Internship Program Mentor 2015-2017
  • Executive supporter of Girls Computing League , 2015-2016
  • Thomas Jefferson Summer Internship 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017
  • CRA-W DREU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) 2014, 2012, 2009
  • OSCAR (then Apprentice) 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010
  • ASSIP (Aspiring Scientist Summer Internship Program) 2012, 2009
  • ACE (Academic Challenges and Enrichment Program) 2009–2010
  • Real World Design Challenge 2008–2009

Other Outreach:

  • “Undergraduate research highlights” section writer of ACM SIBIO newsletter, 2017.
  • Judging panel member (Computer Science category) of The Undergraduate Awards(international), 2017-2015.
  • Women in Bioinformatics (WiB) panelist, ACM Conf on Bioinf and Comput Biol (BCB), 2014, 2012.
  • “Computer Scientist in Profile” section writer of ACM SIGBIO newsletter, 2012-2014. NSF Grants Conference, October 2012
  • State Department 3rd Young Scientist Forum, People to People Exchange, October 2012
  • Organizer of Chantilly High School Computer Science Tour, September 2011
  • Organizer of Chantilly High School Bioengineering Tour, June 17, 2011
  • Co-organizer of Chantilly High School Bioengineering Summer Internship Program, Summer 2011
  • GMU CSters Faculty Mentor 2008–present
  • Grace Hopper Conference Two-body Problem Panel 2009
  • Virginia State Science Fair Judge 2009
  • Rice University Outreach Week 2006–2008
  • Rice CSters Women in Computer Science and Engineering 2005-2008
  • KECK Rice Speaker Selection Committee 2007
  • Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium Judge 2006

Comprehensive Exam, PhD Proposal, and PhD Defense Committees:

  • Joseph Graus, Mesh Decomposition and Edit Propagation through Spectral Shape Analysis (GMU, dissertation director: Jyh-Ming Lien)
  • Achyuthan J.R., Optimal Design of Structures, Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (GMU, dissertation director: David Lattanzi)
  • Zhonghua Xi, Origami Simulation, Origami Motion Planning and Polyhedra Unfolding/Folding, Computer Science (GMU, dissertation director: Jyh-Ming Lien)
  • Yoseph Abere, Computational Data Sciences (GMU, dissertation director: Estela Blaisten-Barojas)
  • Christopher Siwy, School of Systems Biology (GMU, dissertation director: Dmitri Klimov)
  • Jose Colbes, Protein Design, Computer Science (CICESE-Mexico, thesis director: Carlos Brizuela)
  • Greg Helmick, Computational Data Sciences (GMU, dissertation director: Estela Blaisten-Barojas)
  • Irina Hashmi, Protein-protein Docking (GMU, dissertation director), Computer Science
  • Kevin Molloy, Robotics-inspired Structure and Motion Modeling (GMU, dissertation director), Computer Science
  • Brian Olson, Evolutionary-inspired Protein Conformational Search and Optimization (GMU, dissertation director), Computer Science
  • Yanyan Lu, Path Planning with Moving Obstacles, Computer Science (GMU, dissertation director: Jyh-Ming Lien)
  • Evan Behar, Geometric Modeling – Dynamic Minkowski Sums, Computer Science (GMU, dissertation director: Jyh-Ming Lien)
  • Adam Cadien, Modeling Phase Transitions in Metals, Computational Data Sciences (dissertation director: Howard Sheng)
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Comprehensive Exam, PhD Proposal, and PhD Defense Committees:

  • Joseph Graus, Mesh Decomposition and Edit Propagation through Spectral Shape Analysis (GMU, dissertation director: Jyh-Ming Lien)
  • Achyuthan J.R., Optimal Design of Structures, Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (GMU, dissertation director: David Lattanzi)
  • Zhonghua Xi, Origami Simulation, Origami Motion Planning and Polyhedra Unfolding/Folding, Computer Science (GMU, dissertation director: Jyh-Ming Lien)
  • Yoseph Abere, Computational Data Sciences (GMU, dissertation director: Estela Blaisten-Barojas)
  • Christopher Siwy, School of Systems Biology (GMU, dissertation director: Dmitri Klimov)
  • Jose Colbes, Protein Design, Computer Science (CICESE-Mexico, thesis director: Carlos Brizuela)
  • Greg Helmick, Computational Data Sciences (GMU, dissertation director: Estela Blaisten-Barojas)
  • Irina Hashmi, Protein-protein Docking (GMU, dissertation director), Computer Science
  • Kevin Molloy, Robotics-inspired Structure and Motion Modeling (GMU, dissertation director), Computer Science
  • Brian Olson, Evolutionary-inspired Protein Conformational Search and Optimization (GMU, dissertation director), Computer Science
  • Yanyan Lu, Path Planning with Moving Obstacles, Computer Science (GMU, dissertation director: Jyh-Ming Lien)
  • Evan Behar, Geometric Modeling – Dynamic Minkowski Sums, Computer Science (GMU, dissertation director: Jyh-Ming Lien)
  • Adam Cadien, Modeling Phase Transitions in Metals, Computational Data Sciences (dissertation director: Howard Sheng)
  • Nada Basit, Computational Mutagenesis, Computer Science (dissertation director: Harry Wechsler

Departmental Service:

  • Co-chair of GMU CS Distinguished Lecture Series organization committee 2018
  • Member of GMU CS faculty evaluation committee, 2018
  • Member of GMU CS Recruitment committee 2018-2017
  • Mentor for junior faculty, 2017
  • Organizing committee member of Ph.D. research symposium, GMU CS, 2015-present
  • Co-organizer (with Jana Kosecka), GMU CS Seminar, 2014-present
  • Member of GMU CS Graduate Studies Committee 2016-present
  • Member of GMU CS Executive Committee, 2014-present
  • Member of GMU CS Strategic Vision and Planning Committee, 2014
  • Member of GMU CS & IT PhD Qualifying Exam 2013-present
  • Member of GMU CS Ph.D. Admissions Committee 2013-present
  • Member of GMU CS Undergraduate Studies Committee 2008–2011

School of Engineering Service:

  • Member of GMU Statistics Department Search Committee 2016-2017
  • Member of GMU Statistics Department Search Committee 2015-2016
  • Member of GMU Bioengineering Department Curriculum 2011-2012
  • Member of GMU Bioengineering Program Committee 2008-2011

University Service:

  • Member of University Research Advisory Committee Member, 2018-2021
  • Co-chair of Network Science Group, January 2017-present
  • Mentor for Mason NSF CAREER program, March-July 2017
  • Panel member of GMU NSF Career Workshop, February 17, 2017
  • Member of University Scholars Selection Committee, Feb 20, 2016
  • Member of Cyber and Computer Mason Multidisciplinary Grants Review Panel, July 16, 2015
  • Member of Student Scholarly Activities subcommittee of the Students as Scholars QEP Leadership Council, 2013-present
  • Member of GMU NSF CAREER panel, April 28, 2012
  • Member of GMU Research Highlight Series, ACE Scholars 2009, 2011

Professional Development

  • NSF CISE Career Writing Workshop, Norfolk, VA, April 15, 2011
  • NSF Early Career Writing Workshop, Williamsburg, June 2, 2010
  • AASCU Proposal Development Workshop, Washington D.C., February 25-27, 2010