Samuel Kopelev
Computational BiologistStudent Research Assistant
- Joined the lab in Spring 2024 as an undergraduate student (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology major)
- Awarded Emerson Fellowship in 2025
- Received the Emerson SURF to analyze Pseudomonas aeruginosa proteomics datasets in Summer 2025
- Presented at the 2025 RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium
- Gave a presentation at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the NY Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group
- Awarded David A. Lawlor Service Scholarship in 2026
- Analyzed Pseudomonas aeruginosa proteomics datasets and quantified pyocyanin production to assess bacterial intercellular signaling during a Summer 2026 co-op
- Co-authored 2026 JBC Publication: “Characterization of aliA and aliB deletion mutants reveals a dominant role of AliA in Haloferax volcanii lipoprotein lipidation”, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Link