Regular biography
Bruce Randall Donald is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Chemistry at Duke University, and Professor of Biochemistry in the Duke University Medical Center. He received a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Donald was a professor in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University from 1987-1998. In the 1990's, he worked at Paul Allen's tech company, Interval Research Corporation. More recently, Donald founded Ten63 Therapeutics. He received a Presidential Young Investigator Award and was named a Guggenheim Fellow for his work on algorithms for structural proteomics. He is a Fellow of the ACM, Fellow of the AAAS, and Fellow of the IEEE. The Donald lab is supported by an NIH Outstanding Investigator Grant. Algorithms in Structural Molecular Biology. Textbook (MIT Press).
Scholar-generated biography
Bruce Donald is a Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biochemistry at Duke University, known for his interdisciplinary research in Protein Design, Geometric Computing, Computational Structural Biology, Computational Biology, MEMS/Nanoscience, and Robotics. His work focuses on developing computational methods to design proteins, understand molecular structures, and advance robotic systems. Donald's research integrates algorithmic approaches with biological and engineering challenges, emphasizing the design of proteins with specific functions and the development of autonomous robotic systems for complex tasks. His publications span topics such as motion planning, MEMS micro-robotics, and computational redesign of enzyme activity.