My name is Om Choudhary, and I am a research scientist at the University of Pittsburgh. My current research interests include analyzing protein motions using NMR, Molecular dynamics simulations, and other computational and bioinformatics tools. I am also very interested in big-data analysis using open-source platforms like Apache Spark and Hadoop. I graduated from the joint CMU-Pitt Ph.D. program in computational biology where I investigated the permeation properties of the membrane protein - Voltage Dependent Anion Channel (mVDAC1). In addition to my work on ion channels, I am also quite interested in computational chemistry and drug design. In 2010, I was selected for a competitive internship at GlaxoSmithKline in Philadelphia, where I evaluated various statistical mechanical computational tools for predicting “hotspots” in protein active sites. In addition to this, I worked at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where I designed, developed, and implemented a high-level fully automated Python application for quantum calculations of NMR chemical shifts.
For more information regarding my research, please visit the publication and projects section of my webpage.