Adam Bazinet

Faculty Research Assistant & Graduate Student
Laboratory of Molecular Evolution
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

3122 Biomolecular Sciences Building #296
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-3360
Email: pknut777 [at] umiacs.umd.edu
Office: 301-405-7408

Advisor: Michael Cummings

Resume

Faculty Research Assistant, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Lead developer of The Lattice Project, a multipurpose Grid computing system.
Involved in a number of active research projects in the Laboratory of Molecular Evolution.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Sept. 2003-Present.

Course Assistant, Workshop on Molecular Evolution
Responsible for computer lab setup, system administration, and bioinformatics application support.
     • Český Krumlov, Czech Republic. 2009.
     • Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. 2003, 2004, 2006-2008.
     • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. 2008.

GRE Test Preparation Instructor
Academic Preparation Center, Transemantics, Inc. 2005-2006.

Co-op, Software and Web Development
Bureau Veritas e-Business, Buffalo, NY. 2001-2003.

Journal Articles

1. Regier, J.C., Zwick, A., Cummings, M.P., Kawahara, A.Y., Cho, S., Weller, S.J., Roe, A.D., Baixeras-Almela, J., Brown, J.W., Parr, C.S., Davis, D.R., Epstein, M.E., Hallwachs, W., Hausmann, A., Janzen, D.H., Kitching, I.J., Solis, M.A., Yen, S.-H., Bazinet, A., Mitter, C. Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study. BMC Evol. Biol. In press.
2. Bazinet, A. L., D. S. Myers, J. Fuetsch and M. P. Cummings. 2007. Grid Services Base Library: a high-level, procedural application program interface for writing Globus-based Grid services. Future Generation Computer Systems 22:517-522.
3. Tue Dao, H., Bazinet, A., Berthier, R., and Shneiderman, B. 2008. NASDAQ Velocity and Forces: An Interactive Visualization of Activity and Change. Journal of Universal Computer Science 14:1391-1410.

Book Chapters

1. Bazinet, A. L., and M. P. Cummings. The Lattice Project: a Grid research and production environment combining multiple Grid computing models. In Weber, M. H. W. (Ed.) Distributed & Grid Computing - Science Made Transparent for Everyone. Principles, Applications and Supporting Communities. Tectum Publishing House, Marburg. In press.
2. Myers, D. S., Bazinet, A. L., and M. P. Cummings. 2008. Expanding the reach of Grid computing: combining Globus- and BOINC-based systems. Pages 71-85. In Talbi, E.-G. and A. Zomaya (Eds.) Grids for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Wiley Book Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Technical Reports

1. Tue Dao, H., Bazinet, A., Berthier, R., and Shneiderman, B. 2007. NASDAQ Velocity and Forces: An Interactive Visualization of Activity and Change. HCIL-TR-2007-29, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland.
2. Myers, D. S., and Bazinet, A. L. 2004. Intercepting Arbitrary Functions on Windows, UNIX, and Macintosh OS X Platforms. Technical Report CS-TR-4585, UMIACS-TR-2004-28, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland.

Posters

1. Akito Y. Kawahara, Adam L. Bazinet, Michael P. Cummings, and The LepTree Team. 2008. Phylogenetic supermatrix analysis of obtectomeran Lepidoptera: Total evidence from 7 genes and 1796 species.
2. Bazinet, A. L., and M. P. Cummings. 2004. From GenBank to Multiple Sequence Alignments: Data Mining and Processing for Comparative Genomics.

Software

1. Jill Zapoticznyj, Janine Garnham, Matthew Conte, Adam Bazinet, Paul Craig, David Mix, and Kristen Cotton. 2008. JBioFramework - simulations for biochemistry and bioinformatics: 1D gel electrophoresis, 2D gel electrophoresis and ion exchange chromatography.