Stefan Hoops

Stefan Hoops is a Research Associate Professor at the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). He joined the institute in 2000 after working as a software developer at Schumann Consulting Corporation in Germany (1995–2000). From 2007 to 2009, he served as an editor for the Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML).

Education

• Ph.D., Mathematical Physics, The Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway (1993)
• M.S., Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991)
• M.S., Physics, Carolo-Wilhelmina Technical University at Braunschweig, Germany (1990)

Research Focus

Hoops specializes in systems biology and computational modeling, with emphasis on:

• Quantitative dynamic models from genomic data
• Software development for biochemical simulation (Gepasi/COPASI)
• Database design (DOME/B-Net), network inference, and parameter estimation

Professional Background

• Software Developer, Schumann Consulting Corporation, Germany (1995–2000)

Team Affiliation

He collaborated with Dr. Pedro Mendes in the Biochemical Networks Modeling Group, focusing on theoretical aspects of biochemical regulation like Metabolic Control Analysis.