Kristen Rhinehardt, Ph. D is an Assistant 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 became the first person to earn Master’s degree in Nanoengineering and in 2015 she earned her Ph.D focusing on in-vitro and in-silico biosensor design. In 2019 she joined the faculty of the Computational Data Science and Engineering Department at NCA&T. She is currently the Assistant Director for High Performance Computing, Visualization and Computation Advancing Research (ViCAR) Center at NCAT where she works to increase the HPC resources and provide training to students, faculty and staff across various disciplines.
First Name
Kristen
Last Name
Rhinehardt
Email
klrhineh@ncat.edu
Research Focus
Dr. Rhinehardt is the director and founder of the Computational Molecular Engineering Lab where she uses in-silico approaches including molecular dynamics, high performance computing, quantum computing, deep learning, and molecular mechanics to build, analyze, characterize and predict the form and function of biologics and biomaterials for engineering applications and public health.
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Role
Principal Investigator