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Abdul Salam Jarrah
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Senior Research Associate Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Assistant Professor, Affiliate Department of Mathematics Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 Tel: 540-231-9456 |
Professional Preparation:
- Ph.D., Mathematics, New Mexico State University, 2002.
- M.S., Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1995.
- B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1992.
Current Research Interests:
- Computational Algebra,
- Finite Dynamical Systems,
- Computational Systems Biology,
- Computational Immunology,
- Reverse Engineering Gene
Regulatory Networks,
- Mathematical Modeling and Simulation,
- The interplay between the structure
of a network and its dynamics.
My research interests are rooted in computational systems biology. To
be precise, I am interested in developing, implementing, and using mathematical
methods for the modeling and simulation of biological systems. Inferring gene
regulatory networks from high throughput data and modeling different aspect of
the immune system are at the heart of my current research projects.
Using methods from computational algebra and finite dynamical systems, we
are developing algorithms for the inference of gene regulatory networks as
discrete-time, finite-space dynamical systems which include Boolean networks.
Understanding the interplay between the dynamics
The modeling and simulation of the immune system and the many biochemical
pathways involved in its response have been the focus of my research projects.
I was a member of a team that developed agent-based models of the immune system
response to Epstein-Barr virus infection. Currently, in collaboration with
three labs here at Virginia Tech, I am leading the modeling effort of three
research projects related to immune system. Namely, we are developing a
mathematical model of the immune system response in the early onset of
the Duchenne muscular dystrophy disease