Bio
Kristen Rhinehardt, Ph. D is an Associate Professor in Computational Data Science and Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University (NCA&T). She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Biological Engineering (minor in Biomedical Engineering) in 2010. She then furthered her education at NCA&T where in 2012 she completed her Master’s degree becoming the first person to earn a degree in Nanoengineering. In 2015 she earned her Ph.D in Nanoengineering focusing on in-vitro and in-silico biosensor design. Dr. Rhinehardt joined the faculty of the Computational Data Science and Engineering Department at NCA&T in 2019. She is the director and founder of the Computational Molecular Engineering Lab and is committed to conducting research that improves the quality and understanding of biological systems while bridging the gaps between communities and technological advancement.
Research Interests
Molecular Dynamics, Molecular Modeling, Bioinformatics, Nanomodeling, Computational Biology, Computational Chemistry
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Recent Publications
- Kristen Rhinehardt, Ming Dong (2021). (Computational analysis of protein conformational heterogeneity.). pp. 1-6. Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics.
- A Rawal, Kristen Rhinehardt, Ram Mohan, M Pendse (2021). (Influence of Hydroxyproline on Mechanical Behavior of Collagen Mimetic Proteins Under Fraying Deformation-Molecular Dynamics Investigations.). (8) 143, Journal of biomechanical engineering.
- E Uwiragiye, Kristen Rhinehardt (2021). (TFIDF-Random Forest: Prediction of Aptamer-Protein Interacting Pairs.). PP, IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics.
- E Uwiragiye, Kristen Rhinehardt (2021). (TFIDF-Random Forest: Prediction of Aptamer-Protein Interacting Pairs.). PP, IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics.
- Misty Thomas, Akamu Ewunkem, Sada Boyd, Danielle Williams, Adiya Moore, Kristen Rhinehardt, Emma Van Beveren, Bobi Yang, Anna Tapia, Jian Han, Scott Harrison, Joseph Graves (2021). (Too much of a good thing). (1) 9, pp. 53-67. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health.
- Misty Thomas, Akamu Ewunkem, S Boyd, D Williams, A Moore, Kristen Rhinehardt, E Van Beveren, B Yang, A Tapia, Jian Han, Scott Harrison, J Graves, Jr (2021). (Too much of a good thing: Adaption to iron (II) intoxication in Escherichia coli.). (1) 9, pp. 53-67. Evolution, medicine, and public health.
- Atul Rawal, Kristen Rhinehardt, Ram Mohan (2020). (Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Self-Association of Synthetic Collagen and Spider Silk Composite System for Biomaterial Applications). pp. 14. MRS Advances, Cambridge Core.
- J Graves, Jr, Akamu Ewunkem, John Ward, C Staley, Misty Thomas, Kristen Rhinehardt, Jian Han, Scott Harrison (2019). (Experimental evolution of gallium resistance in Escherichia coli.). (1) 2019, pp. 169-180. Evolution, medicine, and public health.
- Kristen Rhinehardt, Stephen Vance, Ram Mohan, Marinella Sandros, Goundla Srinivas (2018). (Molecular modeling and SPRi investigations of interleukin 6 (IL6) protein and DNA aptamers). (8) 36, pp. 1934-1947. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics.
- Kristen Rhinehardt, Stephen Vance, Ram Mohan, Marinella Sandros, Goundla Srinivas (2018). (Molecular modeling and SPRi investigations of interleukin 6 (IL6) protein and DNA aptamers). (8) 36, pp. 1934-1947. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS.
- Kristen Rhinehardt, Ram Mohan, G Srinivas (2015). (Computational modeling of peptide-aptamer binding.). 1268, pp. 313-33. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.).
- Kristen Rhinehardt, Goundla Srinivas, Ram Mohan (2015). (Molecular Dynamics Simulation Analysis of Anti-MUC1 Aptamer and Mucin 1 Peptide Binding). (22) 119, pp. 6571-6583. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B.
- Kristen Rhinehardt, Ming Dong (Computational analysis of protein conformational heterogeneity). pp. 1-6. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics.
- Atul Rawal, Kristen Rhinehardt, Ram Mohan (Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Self-Association of Synthetic Collagen and Spider Silk Composite System for Biomaterial Applications). pp. 1-8. MRS Advances.
