Laxmi Parida

Laxmi Parida
Born	Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ପରିଡ଼ା Odisha, India
Alma mater	New York University (PhD)
Awards	ISCB Fellow (2020) IBM Fellow (2019) IBM Master Inventor (2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Computational genomics Population genomics Bioinformatics Cancer Genomics Topological data analysis [1]
Institutions	IBM Research New York University Thomas J. Watson Research Center Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Thesis	Algorithmic techniques in Computational Genomics  (1998)
Doctoral advisor	Bud Mishra
Website	researcher.ibm.com/person/us-parida

Laxmi Parida is an IBM Master Inventor and group leader in computational genomics ^[2] at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in New York. ^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

Education

Parida was educated at New York University (NYU) where she was awarded a PhD in 1998 for research on algorithms for computational genomics supervised by Bud Mishra. ^[6]

Research and career

Parida's research interests are in computational genomics, population genomics, bioinformatics, cancer genomics, topological data analysis ^{[1] [7] [8]} and their applications to coronavirus disease 2019. ^{[9] [10]}

Awards and honors

Parida was awarded Fellowship of the ISCB in 2020 for outstanding contributions to computational biology and bioinformatics. ^[11] She was also awarded an IBM Fellowship and IBM Master Inventor status in 2019. ^{[12] [13]} She is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). ^[8]

References

1. Laxmi Parida publications indexed by Google Scholar
2. Laxmi Parida on LinkedIn
3. Laxmi Parida at DBLP Bibliography Server
4. Laxmi Parida publications from Europe PubMed Central
5. Kann, Maricel G; Parida, Laxmi; Haferlach, Claudia; Rhrissorrakrai, Kahn; Utro, Filippo; Levovitz, Chaya; Kern, Wolfgang; Nadarajah, Niroshan; Twardziok, Sven; Hutter, Stephan; Meggendorfer, Manja; Walter, Wencke; Baer, Constance; Haferlach, Torsten (2019). "Dark-matter matters: Discriminating subtle blood cancers using the darkest DNA". PLOS Computational Biology. 15 (8) e1007332. Bibcode:2019PLSCB..15E7332P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007332 . ISSN   1553-7358. PMC   6742441 . PMID   31469830.
6. Parida, Laxmi (1998). Algorithmic techniques in Computational Genomics (PDF). nyu.edu (PhD thesis). New York University. OCLC   54015996. ProQuest   304440526.
7. Laxmi Parida publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
8. researcher.ibm.com/person/us-parida
9. Koyama, Takahiko; Weeraratne, Dilhan; Snowdon, Jane L.; Parida, Laxmi (2020). "Emergence of Drift Variants That May Affect COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Antibody Treatment". Pathogens. 9 (5): 324. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050324 . ISSN   2076-0817. PMC   7281497 . PMID   32357545.
10. Haiminen, Niina; Utro, Filippo; Seabolt, Ed; Parida, Laxmi (2020). "Functional pathways in respiratory tract microbiome separate COVID-19 from community-acquired pneumonia patients" (PDF). bioRxiv . doi:10.1101/2020.05.01.073171. S2CID   218539196.
11. Anon (2020). "ISMB Distinguished Keynote: Laxmi Parida". iscb.org. International Society for Computational Biology . Retrieved 2020-07-07.
12. "2019 IBM Fellow Laxmi Parida". 2019 IBM Fellow Laxmi Parida. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
13. "Master Inventor was issued by IBM to Laxmi Parida". Credly. Retrieved 27 April 2021.