EIGER FELLOW 2005-2008
Skating in Canada, Winter 2006
CURRENT ENDEAVORS
Dr. Dong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
EDUCATION
Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, VA
Ph.D., Physics, 2008
M.S., Physics, 2005Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P.R.China.
B.S., Physics and B.A., English, 2003
ADVISOR
Professor Beate Schmittmann, Department of Physics
EIGER INTERNSHIP
June to October 2006
University of California, San Diego Center for Theoretical Biological Physics
Theoretical modeling of translation process in bateria, including looking at the tRNA celluar concentration coorelation to protein production efficiency and codon bias. Worked with Prof. Terry Hwa and postdocs Stefan Klumpp and Matthew Scott.
DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Jiajia's dissertation research involved a study of the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process and its application to protein synthesis. Both analytical methods and Monte Carlo simulations were used.
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