Hasan Otu

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Hasan Otu

Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
SEC C290D
Lincoln NE 68588-0511
Phone
402-472-3771 On-campus 2-3771
Email
hotu2@unl.edu

Experience

Academic Appointments:

  • 2013-present, Professor - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Electrical Engineering
  • 2010-2013, Assistant Prof. - Istanbul Bilgi University Department of Bioengineering, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2003- 2012, Instructor of Medicine - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • 2002-2003, Research Fellow - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • 2000-2002, Instructor of EE - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Electrical Engineering

Visiting and Other Academic Appointments:

  • 2005- 2008, Adjunct Instructor - Boston Uni. Bioinformatics Program, Boston, MA
  • 2005- 2006, Teaching Instructor - Northeastern University Department of Biology, Graduate Program in Bionformatics, Boston, MA
  • 2006-2007, Assistant Prof. - Yeditepe University Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2008, Assistant Prof. - Sabanci University Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Istanbul, Turkey

Major Administrative Responsibilities:

  • 2003-2007, Director - Bioinformatics Core, BIDMC Genomics Center
  • 2004-2012, Associate Director - Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Proteomics Core
  • 2006-2008, Steering Committee - Biotechnology Institute, Yeditepe University 
  • 2007-2012, Associate Director - Bioinformatics Core, BIDMC Genomics Center
  • 2010-2013, Chair - Department of Bioengineering, Istanbul Bilgi U.
  • 2016-           Advisory Committee - Department of Bioengineering, Istanbul Bilgi U.

Editorial Boards and Program Committees:

  • 2000: Ad hoc reviewer - IEEE Transactions on Communications, Bioinformatics, Systematic Biology, Journal of Computational Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Modeling, Cancer Informatics, Journal of Molecular Evolution, BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Medical Genomics, Journal of Computational Biology, Molecular Simulation, The Computer Journal, African Journal of Biotechnology, European Journal of Human Genetics, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Acta Biotheoretica, Journal of Heredity
  • 2010-2017: Associate Editor - EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
  • 2011: PC Co-chair The 6th International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, (HIBIT)
  • 2012: Organizer - Workshop, “Bioinformatics Approaches for Analysis of High-throughput Biological Data”, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
  • 2013-2017: Associate Editor - Advances in Biology
  • 2014-2018: Editor in Chief - Journal of Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 2014- : Associate Editor - Journal of Bioinformatics, Proteomics and Imaging Analysis
  • 2017: Member - Technical Program Committee Electro-Information Technology Conference
  • 2017: Member - Program Committee International Symposium on Integrative Bioinformatics
  • 2018- 2020: Associate Editor - Advances in Bioinformatics
  • 2020- : Associate Editor - Cells
  • 2023- : Editorial Board Member - Frontiers in Plant Science - Plant Bioinformatics

Inventions/Patents

  1. Divide and Conquer System and Method of DNA Sequence Assembly. File Number: 20030224384.
  2. System and Method for Sequence Distance Measure for Phylogenetic Tree Construction. File Number: 20070225918.
  3. Human Transcriptome Corresponding To Human Oocytes And Use Of Said Genes Or The Corresponding Polypeptides To Trans-Differentiate Somatic Cells. File Number: 20090028835.
  4. Genes differentially expressed by cumulus cells and assays using same to identify pregnancy competent oocytes. File Number: 20130053261/20140296104.
  5. Protein biomarkers for early detection of Pancreatic Cancer, provisional.
  6. Markers for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and advanced liver fibrosis. File Number: 2019099706.

Education

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2002
  • M.S., Bogazici University, 1997
  • B.S., Bogazici University, 1996

Certifications

  • PhD

Areas of Research and Professional Interest

  • Bioinformatics
  • Systems Biology
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Genetic Variations

About Hasan Otu

Hasan H. Otu obtained his B.S. degree in 1996 and his M.S. degree in 1997, both from Bogazici University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In 2002, he graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering focusing on Bioinformatics.

He has been a faculty member at Harvard Medical School (2003 - 2012), where he was a research fellow between 2002-2003. Dr. Otu is the founding director of Bioinformatics Core at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of Proteomics Core at Dana Farber Harvard Cancer Center. Between 2010-2013, Dr. Otu was the founding chair of the Department of Genetics and Bioengineering at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Dr. Otu’s research interests are in the area of Bioinformatics focusing on macromolecular sequence analysis, microarrays, biomarker discovery, genetic variations and systems biology, analyzing high throughput biological data within the context of networks. Dr. Otu has published over 70 journal articles and ~50 conference proceedings, which have received over 5,000 citations. Dr. Otu has written 5 book chapters and holds 6 U.S. patents.