Since 2002, I've worked at D. E. Shaw Research (DESRES), where I act as deputy to Chief Scientist David E. Shaw. My responsibilities include group-wide coordination of interdisciplinary research in computational structural biology, high-performance computing, and computer architecture.
My research interests have spanned various areas of computation and biology since college. At DESRES, my work focuses on biomolecular simulation—in particular, dramatically accelerating molecular dynamics simulations and applying them to the study of specific biomolecular systems of scientific interest and pharmaceutical relevance. Previously, I worked in genomics (in particular, computational analysis of gene array data), vision (both computer vision and biological vision), and neuroscience (electrophysiology and computational modeling). I completed my Ph.D. at MIT in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, advised by Alan Willsky in the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems and Ted Adelson in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Previously, I completed a master's degree at the University of Cambridge, where I worked with biologist Simon Laughlin, and undergraduate degrees in math and electrical engineering at Rice University. While at MIT, I co-taught courses in bioinformatics, computer vision/graphics, and probabilistic systems. I also organized the Stochastic Systems Group Seminars.If you'd like to learn more about my professional pursuits, you can take a look at my CV or publications, or read a bit about my research. Otherwise, you may find these photos more amusing. I love to travel, and I hope to post more of my travel photos soon (I've been hoping to do that for a while, so don't hold your breath).
You can contact me by e-mail at rondror AT ai DOT mit DOT edu.