Brian Pierce

Biography

Prior to joining the University of Maryland in 2014, I was a research faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, following two years as a Senior Scientist at Pfizer. I received my Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Boston University in 2008 and a B.S. in Physics and Computer Science from Duke University.

Teaching

• BSCI411: Bioinformatics and Integrated Genomics
• CBMG688G: Computational Structural Biology

Graduate Program Affiliations

• Biological Sciences (BISI): Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics (CBBG)
• Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)

Research Interests

My lab focuses on computational structural biology, with a particular emphasis on modeling and design of immune recognition, including antibodies, T cell receptors, and structure-based vaccine design. We develop and utilize artificial intelligence and physics-based approaches, and we actively share our software tools and curated structural databases with the research community. My laboratory is based at the University of Maryland Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research in Rockville. 

Education

• Ph.D., Bioinformatics, Boston University, 2008
• B.S., Physics and Computer Science, Duke University, 2000

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