معرفی
Tuğba Süzek is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey. She holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from George Mason University (2012), an MSc from Johns Hopkins University (2000), and a BSc from Middle East Technical University (1997).
- Academic Background:
- BSc: Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University (1993-1997)
- MSc: Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins University (1998-2000)
- PhD: Bioinformatics, George Mason University (2003-2012)
Research Interests center on bioinformatics, machine learning in healthcare, cancer genomics, transcriptomics, and molecular data analysis. She develops tools like TCGAnalyzeR for pan-cancer cohort discovery and CompCorona for coronavirus transcriptome analysis.
Recent Articles span lung cancer pathogenesis, orthodontic malocclusion prediction, microbiome-host disease associations, and AI-driven diagnostic tools. Her work bridges cheminformatics and bioinformatics for drug repurposing.
Scientific Awards
- ORISE Fellowship (2000)
- Patent Holder: System for Early Diagnosis of Skeleton Syndromes (2024)
Advising and Grants include supervising student theses on AI in orthodontics and molecular cancer research. She leads EU-funded projects like Intraperitoneal immune modulation and TÜBİTAK grants for drug repurposing and neurodegenerative disease analysis.
