Paul Craig
Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology
City of Rochester, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Craig is a professor of biochemistry and bioinformatics with decades of experience teaching, leading departments, and securing sustained NIH and NSF funding to integrate authentic research into undergraduate courses. He founded the BASIL CURE initiative and helped establish BioMolViz, reflecting a rare focus on scalable, assessed molecular visualization and course-based research experiences. Known for infectious enthusiasm for teaching, he combines hands-on computational biochemistry work (Jupyter/Python) with cross-disciplinary communication between life sciences and computing. A former department head at RIT and visiting scholar with the RCSB Protein Data Bank, he balances administrative leadership with active mentorship of BS and MS student research. His recognition by peers—including the Chemical Pioneer Award and ASBMB honors—underscores a career that blends scholarship, pedagogy, and community service.
9 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Biological Chemistry, Ph.D., Biological Chemistry at The University of MichiganBangor (Maine) High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Summa cum laude at Oral Roberts University
Github Skills (31)
stable10
version-control10
versioning10
git7
jstree4
typescript2
react2
wolfram-language2
frontend2
scikit1
simulations1
python1
machine-learning1
scikit-image1
numpy1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
paulcraig/python-scripting-biochemistry
Feb 2021 - Jun 2024
Contributions:184 pushes, 20 branches in 3 years 4 months
paulcraig/JBF
Apr 2023 - Sep 2024
JBioFramework resources for protein separation and analysis
Contributions:22 PRs, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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