COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (COMB) LAB
Principal Investigator

Negin Forouzesh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles
Current Students

Nikhil Dhiman
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Lizbeth Vargas-Martinez
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Drashti Shah
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Fergus Place
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
California State University, Los Angeles

Akash Saraf
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles
Alumni

Humayra Rashid
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Damian Bonds
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Libina Thomas
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Uriel Baldesco
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Sunheng Leng
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Ali Risheh
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Shivam Mishra
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Dikshant Sagar
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Ari Jasko
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Missael Corro-Flores
Undergraduate Student in Physics and
Astronomy, 2023
Current Position: Master's Student in
Biophyscis, San Diego State University

Alles Rebel
Master's Student in Computer Science,
2021-2022
Current Job: Software Engineer at HME
Inc.

Nikita Mishra
Undergraduate Student in Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2021-2022
Current Position: Master's Student in Bioengerring, Stanford University

Sahar Cain
Master's Student in Computer Science,
2021-2022
Current Job: Lead Data Scientist at
Mogul Hospitality

Isabella Apuya Marcelette Perez
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023)
Biochemistry and Biophysics
El Camino Community College District

Nida Sheikh
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023)
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Deepanker Seth
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022)
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles

Negin Massoudian
Graduate Research Assistant (2022)
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
California State University, Los Angeles
Collaborators
- The Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI)
- Dr. Alexey Onufriev, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
- Dr. Olaseni Sode, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Cal State LA
- Dr.Caitlin Scott, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Cal State LA
- Dr. David Krum, Department of Computer Science, Cal State LA
- Dr. Ray Luo, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UC Irvine
- Dr. Guowei Wei, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University
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