Dr. Ivet Bahar is John K. Vries Chair and professor in the Department of Computational Biology at the University of Pittsburgh.  She is also a professor in Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry.  In another position held through a joint venture between Carnegie Mellon University and Pitt, she is the director in the Joint PhD Program in Computational Biology.

After receiving her BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Istanbul’s Bogazici University in 1980 and 1983 respectively, Dr. Bahar pursued her PhD in Chemistry, which she received in 1986 from Istanbul Technical University. In 2000, she became an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Dr. Bahar has written for numerous publications as a result of her research efforts.

Dr. Bahar is an active member of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine as well as Pitt’s Molecular Medicine Institute, the International Society for Computational Biology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Currently, her research interests are focused on the following:

• Modeling and simulations of the structure & dynamics of biomolecular complexes and assemblies;
• statistical mechanics of macromolecules;
• molecular aspects of biochemical and biophysical networks;
• computer modeling and engineering of enzyme-substrate, protein-DNA and protein-drug binding and interactions;
• mathematical modeling of cell cycle signaling and regulation, and statistical analysis of gene expression arrays

You can find additional information on Dr. Bahar’s webpage or more general information on the Department of Computational Biology website.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Ivet Bahar, Ph.D.
Phone: (412) 648-3332
Email: bahar@pitt.edu