Charles DeLisi

Dean Charles DeLisi's research centers on computational problems that arise in determining the structure and function of large biological molecules and the design of molecular architectures with specified activity. Problems of interest include the structural basis of signal transduction by membrane bound receptors, the structural basis of voltage gating, and the docking of peptide hormones and neurotransmitters at their sites of action. Other projects involve the use of large databases to develop expert systems and train neural networks for the problem of rapidly identifying regions of key importance in DNA and proteins.  Dean Delisi has written widely in the field and has recently published articles in the Physics Review of Letters, the Biophysical Journal, and Computing in Science and Engineering.