We are an integrative computational biology lab at UTMB in Galveston, TX—a coastal island about 50 miles southeast of Houston. We develop computational approaches that integrate structural modeling, molecular biophysics, multi-omic data, and ML/AI to understand how proteins interact, how these interactions change across biological contexts, and how they collectively shape cellular and disease processes. Our long-term goals are to (1) understand disease mechanisms through molecular interaction networks and (2) identify new therapeutic targets for protein engineering, drug discovery, and vaccine development.

Our lab is part of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics within the UTMB School of Medicine. UTMB is the first medical school in Texas and is home to the Galveston National Laboratory, a leading high-biosafety research facility in the United States. UTMB is part of The University of Texas System and a member institution of the Texas Medical Center (TMC).