My first, but not only, love is science , which I do not distinguish from art and philosophy . I serve as a Professor at the University at Buffalo doing research in the area of computational biology . Specifically, we research protein and proteome folding, structure, function, interaction, design, and evolution at multiple scales . Our ultimate goal is to to understand (and computationally reproduce) how the metagenome within an organism specifies its behaviour and characteristics, in conjunction with its e
Music is the second of my first loves along with science , which is created and published under the pseudonym TWISTED HELICES : The biggest (musical) compliment this endeavour has been paid is being called "the bastard child of Ween and the Residents ." I created an initial implementation of the combination of my first two loves and publishing some of its output in a rather unique project, Proteomusic . Two of my personal favourite songs are Technology and Love is a Weed .
I love computing . I like to hike , fly , mountain bike , rollerblade , ski , travel , adventure , play games , and argue . Besides my research , thinking about general scientific issues and philosophy are among my passions. I read a lot , particularly comic books , watch way too much TV , as well as movies, shows, and plays , and literally in the heavens when cosmogazing .