Current Position
Louis and Beatrice Laufer Endowed Chair and Director,
Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology
Professor of Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
College of Arts & Sciences, and School of Medicine
Stony Brook University
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 1986
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1983
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1980
Career/Employment
Distinguished Professor of Comp & Systems Biol, Dec 2013-Jan 2023
Associate Director, U of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute, 2010-Jan 2023
Director/PI, MMBioS, NIGMS Biomed Technol & Res Center, 2012-2021
Co-Director, Clinical & Translational Sci Inst, Mol & Sys Modeling Core, 2010-2012
John K. Vries Chair, Department of Comp & Systems Biology, SOM, Pitt, 2005-present
Founding Chair, Depts of Comp Biol (2004-13) and Comp & Systems Biol (2013-present)
Founding Director, PhD Program in Comp Biol, Pitt & Carnegie Mellon U, 2005-2009
Founding Director, Center for Comp Biol & Bioinformatics, SOM, Pitt, 2001-2004
Professor, Dept of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, SOM, Pitt, 2001-2004
Professor, Chem Eng Dept, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1993-2001
Head, Adv Polymeric Matls Res Unit, TUBITAK, Bogazici U, Istanbul, 1998-2000
Director, Polymer Research Center, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1992-2000
Fogarty Fellow & Visiting Scientist, Exp & Comput Biol Lab, NCI, 1992-2000 (summers)
Visiting Scientist, NATO & CNRS projects, Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Lab de Physicochimie Struct et Macromol (PCSM), Paris (short-term visits) 1989-1998
Visiting Professor, U of Akron, Inst of Polymer Sci, Akron, Ohio (summers) 1988-91
UNESCO Fellow, U of Akron, Inst of Polymer Science, Akron, Ohio (summer) 1987
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Dept, Bogazici U, Istanbul, 1987-93
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Dept, Bogazici U, Istanbul, 1986-87
Research Assistant, Chemistry Dept, Istanbul Technical U, Turkey, 1984-86
Honors and Awards
| 2022 |
Vehbi Koc Science Prize |
| 2020 |
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA |
| 2016-2018 |
The Biophysical Society, Awards Committee. |
| 2019 |
The 2019 Kadir Has Outstanding Achievement Award, Kadir Has University. Award Recipient. Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2016 |
Invited Speaker at the White House, Natl Strategic Computing Initiative 1st Year Anniversary
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| 2016 |
Distinguished Lecturer, TIGP, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (elected by Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) students)
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| 2015 |
International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Senior Member Designation |
| 2014 |
Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award (U of Pittsburgh) |
| 2013 |
Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh. |
| 2012- |
The Science Academy, Turkey, Principal Member (Elected)
1. Founded by former TUBA members in November 2011 in Istanbul as an independent NGO to promote, practice, and uphold the principles of scientific merit, freedom, and integrity; officially recognized by ALLEA as an Academy of Science |
| 2010 |
Executive Board Member (Elected), Biophysical Society |
| 2008 |
Elected Council Member, Biophysical Society |
| 2008 |
Elected Council Member, International Society of Quantum Biology and Pharmacology |
| 2005 |
John K. Vries Endowed Chair, University of Pittsburgh. |
| 2000 |
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Elected Member |
| 1998 |
Excellence in Research Award, Bogazici University |
| 1997 |
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA)(*), Principal Member (Elected)
1. TUBA is a member of ALLEA (All European Academies) |
| 1995 |
TUBITAK-TWAS Science Prize
1. TWAS: Third World Academy of Science
2. Turkish National Science and Technology Foundation (counterpart of NSF in Turkey) |
| 1991 |
Sedat Simavi Physical Sciences Prize (joint with B. Erman) |
| 1990 |
Chemistry Award for Young Scientists from TUBITAK (Turkish National Scientific and Technological Research Council) |
(*) Member of ALLEA (All European Academies)
Recent Professional Activities
| 2020 |
U of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Childrens Neuroscience Institute (CNI). Executive Advisory Board Member. Pittsburgh, PA. |
| 2020 |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund's Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) Program Committee. External Program Consultant (EPC), Arlington, VA. |
| 2020 |
The International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Organization Scientific Consultant. From Research Proposal to Paradigm Shift: Supporting Frontier Research. Strasbourg, France. |
| 2020 |
Academic Program Review Committee for the Dept of Quantitative and Computational Biology, U of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2020 |
The Collaborative Computational Project for Biomolecular Simulation (CCPBioSim) External Advisory Board (EAB) Member. UK. |
| 2020 |
The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) HITS gGmbH Scientific Advisory Board "Molecular and Cellular Modeling (MCM)" Research Group Review Board. Heidelberg, Germany. Invited Reviewer. |
| 2016 - 2020 |
NIH NLM Biomedical Informatics, Library, and Data Sciences Review Committee (BILDS) Chartered Member of Review Panel |
| 2019- |
The National Institute of Health (NIH) Biotechnology Center for Macromolecular Modeling & Bioinformatics at The Beckman Institute, U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, External Advisory Board Member. |
| 2019- |
European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant Review PE5 Panel Member, Brussels, Belgium. |
| 2019 |
External Program Consultant (EPC) for the Illuminating Druggable Genome (IDG) Program, Common Fund/NIH Office of Strategic Coordination, NIH, Bethesda. |
| 2019 |
Chair of the U of Pittsburgh Distinguished Faculty Committee |
| 2019 |
The U of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Director Search Committee Member, Pittsburgh, PA. |
| 2018-2019 |
The U of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Center for Systems Immunology Director and Faculty Search Committee Member |
| 2018 |
17th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB), Program Committee and Symposium Chair, Athens, Greece. |
| 2017 |
External Review Board Member, Computational Biology Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, U of Kansas. |
| 2017-present |
Associate Editor Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics (Wiley) |
| 2016- |
External Advisory Board Member for NIH funded Biomedical Technology and Research Resource (BTRR) Center for Biomolecular NMR Data Processing and Analysis, 1P41-GM111135-01A1 (PI: Jeffrey C. Hoch) |
| 2016- |
U of Pittsburgh Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award Committee. |
| 2016 |
External Advisory Board Member for BCM Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas. |
| 2015 |
"Innovate to Accelerate" online discussion forum via the NIH Common Fund, Member |
| 2015 |
NIH NINDS Board of Scientific Counselors, Ad-hoc Member |
| 2015 |
NIH -IMST-R, Pilot Centers for Precision Disease Modeling (U54) Study Section, Panel Member |
| 2015 |
NIH Director's New Innovator Award, Editorial Review Panel Member |
| 2015 - |
Editorial Board, Structure |
| 2014 |
NIH Biomedical Technol & Res Centers (P41) Peer Review |
| 2014 |
NIH Interdisciplinary Mol Sci and Training (IMST) Program Review |
| 2014 |
NIH Study Section Chair, Special Emphasis Panel for Library of Integrated Network-Based Cell Signatures (LINCS): Perturbation-Induced Data & Signature Generation Centers (U54) |
| 2014 - |
Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Nature PBG) |
| 2013 |
NIH Study Section Member, Special Emphasis Panel for Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) |
| 2013 |
NIH Study Section Member for R15 Area Review |
| 2011-present |
Editorial Board, Protein Science (Wiley-Blackwell) |
| 2011 |
NIH Ad hoc Reviewer, EUREKA Proposals |
| 2010 |
NIH Study Section Chair, IMST on Computational Biology, Image Processing, and Data Mining |
| 2009 |
NIH Study Section Member, National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways (TCNP), San Francisco |
| 2008 |
Editorial Board, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics |
| 2008 - 2009 |
External Adv Board, Beckman Institute, Molec and Electric Nanostructures, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 2007 - 2008 |
NIH Study Section Chair, Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems (MABS) |
| 2004 - 2007 |
NIH Study Section Member, Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems (MABS) |
| 2004 - 2007 |
Editorial Board, Biophysical Journal |
Other Scientific Activities
| 10/2020 |
20th International Congress of IUPAB (International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics), the 45th Annual SBBf (Brazilian Biophysical Society), and the 49th Annual SBBq (Brazilian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society) Meetings. Foz do Iguaco, Brazil. Invited Lecturer. |
| 03/2020 |
"Chromatin Modeling: Integrating Mathematics, Physics, and Computation for Advances in Biology and Medicine". Research Center, Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) Vienna, Austria, Invited Speaker. |
| 12/2019 |
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Senior Vice Chancellors Laureate Lecture Series. Pittsburgh, PA. Invited Lecturer. |
| 11/2019 |
The Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute of Genomic Medicine Seminar Series; Cleveland, OH. Invited Lecturer. |
| 09/2019 |
Biological Physics Mexico City 2019 Scientific International Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. Keynote Speaker |
| 05/2019 |
National Institute of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP) Seminar Series. Baltimore, MD, USA, Invited Speaker. |
| 03/2019 |
63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Symposium on Glutamate Receptors. Baltimore, MD. Invited Speaker. |
| 09/2018 |
Inaugural International Transmembrane Transporter Society (ITTS) Symposium. Vienna, Austria. Session Organizer and Speaker. |
| 05/2017 |
2017 Workshop on Computational Biophysics and Systems Biology (CBSB2017), Cincinnati, OH. Keynote Speaker. |
| 07/2016 |
National Strategic Computing Initiative Anniversary Workshop. The White House, Washington, D.C. Invited Speaker. |
For a complete list of activities in 2004-2021, please see Conferences.
Memberships
| 2017-present |
International Transmembrane Transporter Society (ITTS) |
| 2009 |
Member, Center for Simulation and Modeling, Pitt |
| 2008-present |
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) |
| 2008-present |
Society for Neuroscience (SfN) |
| 2008 |
Member of the International Society of Quantum Biology and Pharmacology (ISQBP) |
| 2006 |
Faculty, Ph.D. Program in Integrative Molecular Biology, Pitt |
| 2005 |
Faculty, PhD Program in Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics (MBSB-CMU/Pitt) |
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Executive Committee Member, Integrative Systems Biology (ISB-Pitt) |
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Executive Committee Member, Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh PhD Program in Computational Biology (CPCB) |
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Faculty, Peterson Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NANO) |
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Faculty and Steering Committee, Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. Program |
| 2003 |
Member, Center for Biological Language Modeling, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2002 |
Faculty, UPMC McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pitt |
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Member, Molecular Medicine Institute, Pitt |
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Faculty, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program, School of Medicine. |
| 2002-present |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
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Faculty, Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Pitt. |
| 2001 |
Member of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) |
| 1999 |
Member of the Protein Society |
| 1998 |
Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| 1987-1997 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
Grants/Awards
| 2020-2025 |
NIH - R01 Druggable Mitochondrial Targets for Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia. (PI- Clark, UPMC; Role: Co-I) |
| 2020-2024 |
Controlling Monolysocardiolipin/Cytochrome C Peroxidase Complexes in Barth Syndrome (PI's: Greenberg (Wayne State) and Kagan (Pitt)) |
| 2019-2024 |
NIH-NHLBI - P01 - Immunosuppression in Acute Lung Injury: Eroptosis as a Death Mechanism in Lung Injury (PI: Mallampalli, Ohio State U) |
| 2012-2024 |
NIH-NIDDK - P01 - New Therapies for Liver Fibrosis and Hyperproliferation in Alpha 1-AT Deficiency (Comput Pharmacology Core PI; PI: Perlmutter, Wash U) |
| 2009-2024 |
NIH-NIBIB - T32 - Integrated, Interdisciplinary, Comprehensive Inter-University Ph.D. Program in Comp Biology (CPCB) (Joint PI with Murphy, Russell, & Benos) |
| 2012-2022 |
NIH-NIGMS - P41 - BTRC on High Performance Computing for Multiscale Modeling of Biol Systems (MMBioS) (PI: Bahar) |
| 2010-2020 |
NIH-NIAID - U19 - Center for Medical Countermeasures against Radiation (CMCR) Signature-Directed, Sequential Delivery of Radiation Mitigators (Chemoinformatics Core E PI: Bahar); (PI: Greenberger, UPMC) |
| 2014-2020 |
NIH-NIDA - P30 - NIDA Center of Excellence for Computational Drug Abuse Research (CDAR) (multiple PIs: Bahar, Xie and Xing) |
| 2014-2019 |
NIH-NHGRI - U54 - BD2K (Big Data to Knowledge) Center for Causal Discovery (CCD) (multiple PIs: Bahar and Cooper) |
| 2012-2016 |
NIH-NIGMS - R01, Continued Development of Protein Dynamics Software ProDy (PI: Bahar) |
| 2009-2014 |
NIH-NIGMS - R01, Structural Dynamics of Biomolecular Systems |
| 2009-2014 |
NIH-NCI - R01 Structure-based Design of Novel Small Molecule c-Myc Inhibitors (co-Investigator; PI: Prochownik) |
| 2007-2013 |
NIH - NIMH - R01, Molecular Studies of Human CNS Transporters (co-Investigator; PI: Amara) |
| 2003-2013 |
NIH-NLM - R01, Bridging Sequence Patterns and Structural Dynamics (PI) |
| 2009-2014 |
NIH-NCI - R01, Structure-based Design of Novel Small Molecule c-Myc Inhibitors (co-Investigator; PI: Prochownik) |
| 2011-2013 |
NIH- NCRR - UL1, Clinical & Translational Science Institute (Molecular and Systems Modeling Core co-Director, with Faeder and Benos) |
| 2010-2012 |
NIH-NIGMS - U54, Membrane Protein Structural Dynamics Consortium (Computational Core co-Investigator; PI: Perozo) |
| 2002-2010 |
NIH-NIBIB & NSF, Bioeng and Bioinformatics Summer Inst on Simulation & Comp Visualization of Biol Systems at Multiple Scales (PI: Bahar) |
| 2004-2009 |
NIH-NCI - P01, Dendritic Cell Biology and Therapy (co-Investigator; PI: Finn) |
| 2005-2008 |
NIH-NIGMS - R33, Computational Prediction of Biomolecular Dynamics |
| 2005-2008 |
NIH- NIMH - U54, Pittsburgh Molecular Libraries Screening Center (Bioinformatics Core PI; PI: Lazo) |
| 2003-2007 |
NIH-NIGMS - P20, Multiscale Dynamics of Cell Control and Apoptosis (PI: Bahar) |
| 2002-2007 |
NSF-ITR, Computational Learning and Discovery for Protein Sequence, Structure & Function Mapping (co-Investigator; PI: Reddy) |
See the publications on page https://www.ccbb.pitt.edu/Faculty/bahar/publications.html
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