Rizzo Research Lab

Robert Rizzo, PhD

Robert C. Rizzo, PhD

  • Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

My Lab

Office: (631) 632-9340

Email: robert.rizzo@stonybrook.edu

Stony Brook University
Mathematics Tower 1-111
100 Nicolls Road
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600

Research Program

Department

  • Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Research 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, Chemistry, Villanova University
  • PhD, Biophysical Chemistry, Yale University
  • Postdoctoral research, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Publications 

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