Robert T. Young, PhD.

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Current Work

I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Scientist with the T.C. Bishop Lab of the Chemistry & Physics Department at Louisiana Tech University where I am studying whole-cell chromosomal modeling and ligand reaction mechanics in collaboration with Radiance Technologies. I am a remote worker with my base of operation in Maryland.

I am also a member of the organizing committee for the Next Generation Conversations on Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (formerly the Albany Conversations) where the second iteraction was held in June 2026 at Ruston, LA.

About Me

My interests lie in mathematics, biological physics, interdisciplinary studies, and scientific computation. I love puzzles and codes and enjoy research that strives to gather new information that connects DNA, RNA, and amino acid residue sequences to physical confirmational states.

My professional journey started at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, where I fell in love with physics and chemistry and found an interest in molecular structure, function, and interaction consequences. I went to Rutgers University-New Brunswick for my graduate studies, first working toward biophysical characterization of mutated collagen molecules. Not satisified with a purely experimental role, I found a home in the Olson Biopolymers Lab of computational biophysics studying circular, looped, and minichromosomal organizations of DNA. Here I completed both a masters degree in Physics and a PhD in Chemistry

After my dissertation, I took an Assistant Clinical Professor position at University of Maryland- College Park in 2023, teaching first-year undergraduates the basics of research and introduced them to the world of structural bioinformatics research. In 2024 I took a post-doctoral research position under Dr. Sebastian Sensale-Rodriquez in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Cleveland State University studying DNA origami and circular DNA fragments.

In my free time, I am a competitive curler, learning American sign language, and brushing up on my mathematical skills.

For more info

Feel free to email me at robb.young.2011@gmail.com.