Zaida “Zan” Luthey-Schulten is primarily responsible for the GPU-based integrative cell modeling of 4D whole cell models (4DWCMs) and knowledge transfer with NVIDIA. She is responsible for all NSF reporting requirements.
She received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Southern California in 1969, a M.S. in Chemistry from Harvard University in 1972, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 1975. From 1975 to 1980, she was a Research Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, and from 1980 to 1985, a Research Fellow in the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Technical University of Munich. She is theMurchison-Mallory Endowed Chair in Chemistry. Zan closely collaborates with many theory and experimental groups in the center, as well as outside groups, to unify -omics, microscopy and many other types of data into 4DWCMs of bacterial, yeast and human cells.