Chandrajit L. Bajaj
Assistant Professor
Computational Life Sciences and Biology
Texas A and M University
United States of America
Biography
Chandrajit L. Bajaj graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1980, with highest distinction (10.0/10.0 GPA) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He received his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Sciences working with John Hopcroft, from Cornell University in 1983, and 1984 respectively. Bajaj is currently a Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, and the director of the Center for Computational Visualization, in the Institute for Computational and Engineering Sciences (ICES). He holds the Computational Applied Mathematics Chair in Visualization. He is also an affiliate faculty member of Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering, and also a member of the Institutes of Cell and Molecular Biology, and Neurosciences, the Center for Learning and Memory, and the Center for Perceptual Systems. Bajaj is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Research Interest
His computational biology and bioinformatics research interests span the algorithmic and mathematics underpinnings of Structural Biology and Biophysics.
Publications
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Rand A, Gillette A, Bajaj C. Interpolation error estimates for mean value coordinates over convex polygons. Advances in computational mathematics. 2013 Aug 1:1-21.
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Bajaj C, Chen SC, Rand A. An efficient higher-order fast multipole boundary element solution for Poisson–Boltzmann-based molecular electrostatics. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 2011 Apr 7;33(2):826-48.
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Xue D, Demkowicz LF, Bajaj CL. Reconstruction of G 1 Surfaces With Biquartic Patches for HP Fe Simulations. InIMR 2004 (pp. 323-332).
