Office
(631) 632-9340
Email
robert.rizzo@stonybrook.edu
Stony Brook University
Mathematics Tower 1-111
100 Nicolls Road
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600
Robert C. Rizzo, PhD
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics,
Stony Brook University
Research Program
Imaging, Biomarker Discovery and Engineering SciencesDepartment
Department of Applied Mathematics and StatisticsResearch Interest
Rob Rizzo works in Computational Structural Biology. His research group seeks to understand the atomic basis for molecular recognition for specific biological systems involved in human disease such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, and influenza with the ultimate goal of developing new and improved drugs. Computational methods are used to model how molecules interact at the atomic level with a given drug target. The resultant 3D structural and energetic information is used to quantify and rationalize drug-binding for known systems and to make new predictions.
Education
BS, in Chemistry from Villanova UniversityPhD, in Biophysical Chemistry from Yale University
Postdoctoral research at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)