About

Ahmet Sacan is currently an Associate Teaching Professor at Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. Ahmet received his BSc degrees in Computer Science and in Cellular and Molecular Biology from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2001). He received his PhD from the Computer Engineering Department of the Middle East Technical University (Turkey, 2008). He spent several years as a visiting scholar and Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Bioinformatics Research Group of the Ohio State University (2006-2008).
His research interests lie broadly in the areas of Structural Bioinformatics, Imaging Informatics, and Bitmap Indices. He is specifically focused on similarity search, data mining, and analysis of biomolecular databases; protein folding and docking; automated detection, tracking, and modeling of live cells in digital microscopy imaging; and maintenance and indexing of data warehouses. Besides his research interests, he has worked as system administrator and software developer and has contributed in the development of a number of online learning technologies.

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Organizational Affiliations

School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University

Past Affiliations

The Ohio State University (United States, Columbus) - OSU

Education

Cell and Molecular Biology
BS, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (United States, Ann Arbor) - UM
Computer Science
BS, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (United States, Ann Arbor) - UM
Computer Engineering
PhD, Middle East Technical University (Turkey, Ankara) - METU