Vishakha Sharma

Vishakha Sharma received the PhD degree in computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, in May 2015. Her dissertation title is “Language Design and Implementation for Computational Modeling, Simulation and Visualization”, which focuses on programming languages with applications to computational biology and systems modeling. As a part of her research, she has designed and implemented BioScape, a high-level modeling and simulation language for the stochastic simulation of biological and biomedical systems. She has developed various computational models such as viral transport; microtubules polymerization; drug response in breast cancer; JAK-STAT signal transduction pathway; pH-triggered antibacterial coatings; bifunctional surface with polymer brushes and pluronic-lysozyme conjugates; and effects of counterfeit components.