معرفی
Remo Rohs is a tenured Professor of Quantitative and Computational Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California Dornsife College. He leads the Rohs Lab, focusing on integrating genomics and structural biology to uncover molecular mechanisms in gene regulation.
- Chair, Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology (2021–2024)
- Section Head, Quantitative and Computational Biology (2018–2020)
- Full Professor with Tenure at USC (2016–present)
Research Interests center on:
- Computational structural biology
- DNA shape prediction
- Protein-DNA recognition mechanisms
- Epigenetic effects on binding specificity
- RNA structure modeling
- High-throughput genomic analysis
His work combines artificial intelligence, molecular simulations, and experimental validation to study transcription factors and chromatin structure. Recent publications highlight deep learning methods for DNA/RNA structure prediction and database development for molecular interactions.
Scientific Awards include:
- Sloan Research Fellowship (2013–2017)
- Multiple RECOMB/ISCB Top-Paper Awards (2012–2017)
- American Chemical Society OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2015–2016)
- USC Mentoring Award (2015–2016)
He has supervised 13 PhD graduates and published 92+ peer-reviewed papers. His lab develops tools like DNAproDB and TFBSshape for structural analysis of nucleic acid complexes.
