Remo Rohs

Remo Rohs, founding chair of the Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology and professor of quantitative and computational biology, chemistry, physics and astronomy, computer science and medicine, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). Lauding Rohs as “a world leader in computational biology,” the ISCB recognized his pioneering research on DNA shape readout and protein-DNA interactions, noting that his computational methods have transformed the understanding of gene regulation by integrating genomics, structural biology and Al-driven modeling. Further, the ISCB cited his work on RNA structure and drug design and pointed to his extensive list of publications in top journals.

The ISCB also highlighted Rohs’ efforts to shape interdisciplinary education and recruit a new generation of computational biologists as worthy of recognition.

Rohs will be honored as a fellow during the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and European Conference on Computational Biology meeting in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in July.