Hatice Gulcin Ozer

1308 Donahey st.

Columbus, OH 43235
Phone: 1-614-843 3726
E-mail: ozer.9@osu.edu

OBJECTIVE
Academic
EDUCATION

01/2004 – Present
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Ph.D. Candidate, Biophysics (Expected graduation in June 2008)
• Advisor: Dr. William Ray
• Research Track: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Research Interests:
o Sequence analysis of amino acids
o Family characteristics / constraints in family alignments
o Protein structure analysis
o Database creation, data-mining, bioinformatics software
development
• Candidacy exam passed in May 2006
• Courses Completed in December 2005, GPA: 3.38 / 4.00

08/2005
Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Successfully complete “Summer Program in Microarray Gene Expression Data
Analysis”

02/2001 - 02/2003
Medical School of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
M.S. Biophysics GPA : 3.52 / 4.00
• Advisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Tulgar
• Thesis: Development of a Computer Controlled Application Base for Pain
Clinic Carrying out Neurostimulation Treatment

08/1995 - 02/2000
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
B.S., Computer Engineering GPA : 3.30 / 4.00
• Final Project: Color Calibration Software for a Colorimeter (Color
SavvyColorMouseToo!)

08/1994 – 06/1995
School of Foreign Languages
English Language Proficiency Test: Grade A

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EXPERIENCE

04/2005 – Present
Graduate Research Associate
Dr. William Ray Lab
Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

09/2004 – 03/2005
Web Coordinator
Biophysics Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Design, development and maintenance of Biophysics Program web site.

01/2004 – 08/2005
Graduate Research Associate
Biophysics Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

08/2000 – 07/2003
Lecturer
Computer Technologies and Programming Department of Vocational School of
Higher Education, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
Courses: Programming in Delphi (4 levels)
Introduction to Computing (4 levels)
Data Structures and Algorithms
Database Management Systems (4 levels)
Final Project advisor

08/2001 – 09/2001
Analyst Programmer
Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusettes General Hospital, Harvard
University, Boston, MA, USA
Project: Development of algorithms necessary for the communication of vital
components of a novel optical fluorescence tomographer.

01/2000 – 08/2002
Analyst Programmer / System Analyst
SIR Gumruk Musavirligi Ltd. Sti., Caglayan, Istanbul, Turkey
Project: Design and implementation of a large-scale software that integrates the
work done in the different departments of the company.

01/1998 – 04/1998
Analyst Programmer
Insoft Software Services, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Project: Design and implementation of a medium scale software, Payroll System
for Japan Airlines Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia office.

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PUBLICATIONS
Papers
• Ozer, H.G. and Ray, W.C. Exploring structural implications of positional
dependencies in protein sequence alignments [Research article in submission]
• Ozer, H.G. and Ray, W.C. (2007) Informative motifs in protein family
alignments. R. Giancarlo and S. Hannenhalli (Eds.): WABI 2007, LNBI 4645:
161 – 170.
• Ozer, H.G. and Ray, W.C. (2006) MAVL/StickWRLD: Analyzing Structural
Constraints using Interpositional Dependencies in Biomolecular Sequence
Alignments. Nucleic Acids Res. 34: W133-W136.
• Ozer, H.G., Chen, J., Zhang, F., Yuan, B. (2005) Clustering of Eukaryotic
Orthologs Based on Sequence and Domain Similarities Using Markov Graph-
Flow Algorithm. M. He, G. Narasimhan and S. Petouklov (Eds.): Advances in
Bioinformatics and its Applications, Proceedings of the International
Conference on Bioinformatics and Its Applications (ICBA '04). Word
Scientific Press.
Podium Presentations
• Ozer, H.G. and Ray, W.C. “Exploring structural implications of positional
dependencies in protein sequence alignments”, Ohio Collaborative
Conference on Bioinformatics, Oxford, OH. June 2007.
• Ozer H.G., Chen J., Zhang F., Yuan B. Clustering of Eukaryotic Orthologs
Based on Sequence and Domain Similarities Using Markov Graph-Flow
Algorithm. International Conference on Bioinformatics and its Applications,
Fort Lauderdale, FL. December 2004.
Posters
• Ray, W.C. and Ozer, H.G. “Discovering Biostructure Constraints using
VRML Visualization”, Inaugural Ohio Collaborative Conference on
Bioinformatics, Athens, OH. June 2006.
• Ozer,H.G. and Ray,W.C. “MAVL/StickWRLD for visualizing interpositional
dependencies in biomolecule sequence alignments”, 50th Annual Meeting of
the Biophysical Society, Salt Lake City, UT. February 2006.
• Ray, W.C. and Ozer, H.G. “Discovering Biostructure Constraints using
VRML Visualization”, Association for Computing Machinery SIGGRAPH,
32nd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive
Techniques, Los Angeles, CA. July/August 2005.
• Javaid, S., Chen, J., Zhang, F., Ozer, H.G., Yuan, B. (2005) “Discovering
Protein-Protein Interaction via Domain-Domain Interactions”, Annual
Meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISMB),
Detroit, MI. June 2005.

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• Gokhale Z., Chen J., Ozer H.G., Zhang F., Ma J., Wang D., Lauria M. and
Yuan B. (2004) “Functional Clustering Of Biological Sequences Using
Sequence Information And Expression Profiles”, International Conference on
Bioinformatics and its Applications, Fort Lauderdale, FL. December 2004.
• Ozer H.G., Arslan B.R., Sahin O., Kalkan E., Tulgar M. “Development of a
Computer Controlled Application Base for a Neurostimulation Clinic”, XIII.
National Biophysics Congress, Eskisehir, Turkey. September 2001.
• Abiyev A.A., Arslan A., Abiyev A., Tulgar M., Filiz H., Ozer H.G. “Study on
regular coordinate system in biomechanics – I: Center of mass of natural
magic square”, XIII. National Biophysics Congress, Eskisehir, Turkey.
September 2001.
• Abiyev A.A., Arslan A., Abiyev A., Tulgar M., Filiz H., Ozer H.G. “Study on
regular coordinate system in biomechanics – II: Center of mass of natural
magic cube”, XIII. National Biophysics Congress, Eskisehir, Turkey.
September 2001
• Donmez (Ozer) H.G. “Color Calibration Software for aColorimeter”,
International Conference on Aqustic, Speech and Signal Processing, Istanbul,
Turkey. June 2000.

HONORS AND AWARDS

07/2007 Awarded second place amongst the Student Platform Presentations at the OCCBio
(Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics) conference.
01/2007-06/2007
Lead Bioinformatics subgroup of Biophysics Seminar series during Winter and
Spring Quarters of 2007.
08/2005 Selected for Summer Program of Mathematical Biosciences Institute of The Ohio
State University amongst many international applications.
11/2002 TOEFL
Score: 250
11/2002 GRE General Test
Quantitative: 800
04/2000 GRE Subject Test on Computer Science
Score: 770
12/2002 Passed Nationwide Postgraduate Entrance Examination ranking among top 1% out
of 110,000 applicants.
06/1994 Passed Nationwide University Entrance Examination ranking among top 1% out of
1,500,000 applicants.

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AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

Biophysical Society Student Member
TASSA (Turkish-American Scientists and Scholars Association) Member
AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Member
National Geographic Society Member

COMPUTER SKILLS
• C/C++, Perl, Java, Pascal, CAML, Prolog, MATLAB, R
• PHP, HTML
• Delphi 6, Visual C++ 6.0, Visual Basic 5.0
• Database design on MS SQL Server, Borland Interbase, MySQL, Paradox
and Sybase SQL
• Graphic applications OpenGL
• PIC microcontroller programming
• 80x86 based Assembly Language
• DOS, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/2000 Server
• MS Office Products (Access, Excel, Word, Power Point)

PERSONAL
Female, married, 31 years of age, excellent health, fluent in English