Laxmi Parida is an IBM Master Inventor and group leader in computational genomics[2] at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in New York.[1][3][4][5]

Laxmi Parida
Born
Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ପରିଡ଼ା

Alma materNew York University (PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsComputational genomics
Population genomics
Bioinformatics
Cancer Genomics
Topological data analysis[1]
InstitutionsIBM Research
New York University
Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
ThesisAlgorithmic techniques in Computational Genomics (1998)
Doctoral advisorBud Mishra
Websiteresearcher.ibm.com/person/us-parida Edit this at Wikidata

Education

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Parida was educated at New York University (NYU) where she was awarded a PhD in 1998 for research on algorithms for computational genomics supervised by Bud Mishra.[6]

Research and career

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Parida's research interests are in computational genomics, population genomics, bioinformatics, cancer genomics, topological data analysis[1][7][8] and their applications to coronavirus disease 2019.[9][10]

Awards and honors

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Parida was awarded Fellowship of the ISCB in 2020 for outstanding contributions to computational biology and bioinformatics.[11] She was also awarded an IBM Fellowship and IBM Master Inventor status in 2019.[12][13] She is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Laxmi Parida publications indexed by Google Scholar  
  2. ^ Laxmi Parida on LinkedIn  
  3. ^ Laxmi Parida at DBLP Bibliography Server  
  4. ^ Laxmi Parida publications from Europe PubMed Central
  5. ^ Kann, Maricel G; Parida, Laxmi; Haferlach, Claudia; Rhrissorrakrai, Kahn; Utro, Filippo; Levovitz, Chaya; Kern, Wolfgang; Nadarajah, Niroshan; Twardziok, Sven; Hutter, Stephan; Meggendorfer, Manja; Walter, Wencke; Baer, Constance; Haferlach, Torsten (2019). "Dark-matter matters: Discriminating subtle blood cancers using the darkest DNA". PLOS Computational Biology. 15 (8): e1007332. Bibcode:2019PLSCB..15E7332P. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007332. ISSN 1553-7358. PMC 6742441. PMID 31469830.
  6. ^ Parida, Laxmi (1998). Algorithmic techniques in Computational Genomics (PDF). nyu.edu (PhD thesis). New York University. OCLC 54015996. ProQuest 304440526.  
  7. ^ Laxmi Parida publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. ^ a b researcher.ibm.com/person/us-parida  
  9. ^ Koyama, Takahiko; Weeraratne, Dilhan; Snowdon, Jane L.; Parida, Laxmi (2020). "Emergence of Drift Variants That May Affect COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Antibody Treatment". Pathogens. 9 (5): 324. doi:10.3390/pathogens9050324. ISSN 2076-0817. PMC 7281497. PMID 32357545.
  10. ^ Haiminen, Niina; Utro, Filippo; Seabolt, Ed; Parida, Laxmi (2020). "Functional pathways in respiratory tract microbiome separate COVID-19 from community-acquired pneumonia patients" (PDF). bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.05.01.073171. S2CID 218539196.
  11. ^ Anon (2020). "ISMB Distinguished Keynote: Laxmi Parida". iscb.org. International Society for Computational Biology. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  12. ^ "2019 IBM Fellow Laxmi Parida". 2019 IBM Fellow Laxmi Parida. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Master Inventor was issued by IBM to Laxmi Parida". Credly. Retrieved 27 April 2021.