Jessica Carol Kissinger, Ph.D. Professor of Genetics Adjunct in Computer Science Director, Institute of Bioinformatics CONTACT INFORMATION University of Georgia Tel: +1 706-542-6562 Paul D. Coverdell Center, 370 FAX: +1 706-542-3582 500 D.W. Brooks Drive Athens, GA 30602 USA Email:
[email protected] Departmental. URL: http://WWW.genetics.uga.edu/directory/jessica-kissinger Laboratory URL: http://mango.ctegd.uga.edu/jkissingLab/ ResearcherID: http://WWW.researcherid.com/rid/E-9610-2010 Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YOvOV5QAAAAJ&hl=en University of Georgia Affiliations Member, Center for Drug Discovery since 2010 Member, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases since 2002 EDUCATION 1989-1995 Ph.D., Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Minor: Genetics. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Advisor: Professor Rudolf Raff 1985-1989 A.B. cum laude, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1984-1985 George Washington University, Washington, DC ACADEMIC & ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 2012 - Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens GA 2011 - Director, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens GA 2007 - Adjunct Appointment, Department of Computer Science, UGA, Athens GA 2007-2012 Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens GA 2002-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens GA 2000-2002 Lecturer, Computational Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1998-2000 Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Mentor: David S. Roos, Ph.D. 1996-1998 Post-doctoral Fellow, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou - FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Mentors: Antoniana U. Krettli, Ph.D. and Rodrigo Corrêa Oliveira, Ph.D. 1995-1996 Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, LPD, Bethesda, MD Mentor: Thomas F.