Simona COCCO

Simona Cocco is a Professor of Statistical Physics at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris and a CNRS researcher. She holds dual affiliations in the Cognitive Science Department and Physics Department. Her work bridges statistical physics, biophysics, and machine learning, focusing on protein evolution, epistatic networks, and computational biology. Key contributions include applying maximum entropy models to study viral adaptation, protein design using RBMs, and analyzing mutational paths in genetic sequences. She collaborates extensively with computational biologists and experimentalists to translate theoretical insights into practical applications like CRISPR engineering and antigen prediction.

• Primary Affiliations: ENS-PSL University, CNRS
• Labs: ENS Physics Laboratory, Philippe Meyer Institute
• Key Projects: Viral-host adaptation models, RNA switch design, evolutionary dynamics modeling