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Claire  Rinehart, Ph.D.  Associate Professor
Office: TCNW 121 | Phone: (270) 745-5997 || Lab: CEBS 3112 | Phone: (270) 745-6001
Email: Claire.Rinehart@wku.edu  Fax: 270 745 6856


Education:
B.S., Microbiology, Brigham Young University, 1977.
M.S., Botany, Brigham Young University, 1980.
Ph.D, Botany, University of Georgia, 1984.

Research Interest:
Development and maintenance of bioinformatics tools, protein function, and virology

Current Research Projects:

  1. Development and implementation of bioinformatics tools for computer cluster with 7 dual processor nodes and implementation of program for parallel computation.
  2. Use of amino acid properties and neural networks to predict conservation of protein structure and function upon mutagenesis.
  3. Use of signal processing algorithms to analyze nucleic acids and protein patterns.

People in my lab:

  • Jyothi   Rao.Mekala :  Graduate Student
  • Pongsathor   Chotikasemsri :  Graduate Student
  • (Sunny)   June Yoon :  Undergraduate