Ashley Stuart

Ashley Stuart is an Associate Professor in the School of Theoretical and Applied Science at Ramapo College of New Jersey. She joined the institution in 2004 and holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Columbia University.

• B.Sc., University of Illinois
• M.Sc. and Ph.D., Columbia University

Her research focuses on bioinformatics and structural biology, with an emphasis on analyzing ligand binding sites in proteins using publicly available databases. She develops computational tools to study evolutionary trends in protein structure and novel binding site design.

Key research areas include:

• Comparative protein structure modeling
• Ligand binding site alignment
• Protein-RNA interaction analysis
• Database curation for structural biology

Dr. Stuart has authored multiple publications on topics such as MODBASE, LigBase, and NMR spectroscopy of viral proteins. Her lab (Stuart Lab) integrates computational methods with experimental validation to advance understanding of protein function and design.