Principal Investigator

Sameer Varma
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences
Affiliate Professor, Department of Physics
PhD in Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Contact: svarma(AT)usf.edu, (813) 974-9288, ISA-6205, @Varma_TCBgroup

Graduate Students

Guy W. Dayhoff
Machine learning, algorithms, IDPs and restoring classic trucks
NSF Fellow, BS in Molecular and Cell Biology
2019 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, gdayhoff(AT)usf.edu, Linkedin

Julián Meléndez Delgado
Ions, force fields, MD methods, scipython and futball
BS in Physics with Minor in Biology
2020 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, jamelendez(AT)usf.edu, Linkedin

Matthew Saunders
Lipids, force fields, molecular dynamcis and coffee
BS in Physics and MS in Biology
2020 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, mwsaunders(AT)usf.edu, Linkedin

Irene A. Gutierrez
Paramyxoviruses, molecular dynamics and tennis
BS in Biology and MS in Bioinforamtics
2021 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, iariasgutierrez(AT)usf.edu

Karla Diaz Castillo (Co-mentored by Prof. Daughdrill)
Protein methylation, p53 regulation, molecular dynamics and NMR
BSc in Nanotechnology
2023 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, diazcastillok(AT)usf.edu

Giorgio Schillaci
Molecular dynamics, force field development, protein methylation and the "real" food connoisseur
BSc in Biotechnology and Biophysics
MSc in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioinformatic
2023 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, gschillaci(AT)usf.edu

Undergraduate Researchers

Tamara Al-Assi
Molecular dynamics, bacterial cell division
Majoring in Biology
Apr 2022 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, tamaraa1(AT)usf.edu

Valentin Oganisyan
Collagen mechanics and molecular dynamics
Majoring in Biology
Aug 2022 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, voganisyan(AT)usf.edu

Rauf Verdiev
Molecular dynamics, Hogwarts sorting hat on...
Majoring in Biology
Sep 2022 - present
Contact: ISA-6050, raufverdiev(AT)usf.edu

Ariel Grinshpoon
Free energy calculations, Intrinsically disordered peptides
Majoring in Biology
Nov 2023 - present
Contact: ISA-6050

High school interns

Aditya Gupta
Machine learning, Bioinformatics enthusiast
Milburn High School, New Jersy
Summer 2023
Contact: ISA-6050

Shreyashi Bodaka
Machine learning, Bioinformatics enthusiast
Strawberry Crest High School, Tampa
Jan 2024 - present
Contact: ISA-6050

Former Members

Dr. Ralph Leighty (Post-doc), 2011-2012

Dr. Vered Wineman-Fisher (Post-doc), 2017-2021 Google Scholar

Dr. Nalvi Duro (PhD), 2015-2020 Linkedin

Dr. Mohsen Botlani (PhD), 2012-2017 Linkedin

Dr. Priyanka Dutta (PhD), 2012-2016 Linkedin

Koushik Majumdar (MS), 2022-2023 Linkedin

Matthew Saunders (MS), 2017-2019 Linkedin

Alekhya Abhiram (MS), 2017-2019 Linkedin

Insung Na (MS), 2013-2014 Linkedin

Iqbal Addou (MS), 2014-2016 Linkedin

Nur Irfan (BS), 2021-2022

Noel Jesin (BS), 2021-2022 Linkedin

Jennifer Drew-Bear (BS), 2018-2020 Linkedin

Rosniel Castro (BS), 2019-2020 Linkedin

Sanim Rahman (BS), 2017-2019 Linkedin

Ahnaf Siddiqui (BS), 2016-2018 Linkedin

Deborah Cull (BS), 2017-2018 Linkedin

Willie McClinton (BS), 2016-2017 Linkedin

Matthew Cuffaro (BS), 2015-2016 Linkedin

Marion Gjika (BS), 2014-2016 Linkedin

Elaine Rouco (BS), 2012-2012

Odaimys Perez (BS), 2012-2012