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quick-nav: experience; publications; talks, panels, and presentations; awards; education

Experience

Co-Founder @ Moku: New York, NY – 2022-Present
Doctoral Research Fellow @ Boston University: Research advisors: Dr. Sandor Vajda & Dr. Dima Kozakov; Boston, MA – 2021-2022
Graduate Research Assistant @ Stony Brook University: Research advisor: Dr. Dima Kozakov; Stony Brook, NY – 2018-2021
Patent Search Analyst @ Cardinal Intellectual Property: Stony Brook, NY – 2017-2020
Technology Transfer Specialist @ CDC: ORISE Fellowship; Atlanta, GA – 2017-2018
Patent Engineering Professional @ IBM: Fishkill, NY – 2014-2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Virginia Tech: Research advisor: Dr. William Ducker; Blacksburg, VA – 2013-2014

2023

A. Jindal, M Ignatov, S. Kotelnikov, D. Beglov, G. Posternak, X. Tang, P. Maisonneuve, G. Poda, RA. Batey, F Sicheri, A Whitty, P. Tonge, S. Vajda, and D. Kozakov, High accuracy prediction of PROTAC complex structures, Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2023

2022

A. Jindal, G. Jones, U. Ghani, S. Kotelnikov, M. Egbert, N. Hashemi, S. Vajda, D. Padhorny, D. Kozakov, Elucidation of protein function using computational docking and hotspot analysis by ClusPro and FTMap, Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2022

U. Ghani, I. Desta, A. Jindal, O. Khan, G. Jones, N. Hashemi, S. Kotelnikov, D. Padhorny, S. Vajda, D. Kozakov, Improved docking of protein models by a combination of alphafold2 and cluspro, bioRxiv 2021.09.07.459290

2021

A. Jindal, S. Kotelnikov, D. Padhorny, D. Kozakov, Y. Zhu, R. Chowdhury, S. Vajda, Side-chain packing using SE(3)-transformer, Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2022

2022

Talk: “Leverage Blockchain to Strengthen IP Protection” - Patents & IP Summit by Thinc Legal, Dec. 2022

Presentation (research only): “Crafting mechanism design: A case study on crafting events on the blockchain” - Int’l Conference on Crypto-Marketing by Columbia University, Dec. 2022

Talk: “Participate in the Value you Create” - AxieCon by Sky Mavis, Sept. 2022

Panel: “Building Sustainable Communities in NFT Gaming” - NFTNYC by NFTNYC, June 2022

Presentation (research only): “Computational prediction of PROTAC complex structures” - Spring Final by American Chemical Society, March 2022

2021

Director’s Innovation Award: Issued by CDC Associate Director for Science, 2018
Manager’s Choice Award: Issued by IBM Patent Center, 2015-2017

Computational Biology (MS) @ Stony Brook University: Thesis: Computational modeling of PROTAC complexes using fast Fourier Transform (FFT); Advanced Graduate Certificate, Data and Computational Science
Chemical Engineering (BS) @ Virginia Tech: Minor: Science, Technology and Law