CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert F. Murphy
Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology
Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering and Machine Learning
Carnegie Mellon University Telephone: (412) 268-3480
4400 Fifth Avenue FAX: (412) 268-2977
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Email: murphy@cmu.edu
EDUCATION
Columbia University, New York, B.A., 1974, Biochemistry.
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Ph.D., 1980, Biochemistry (Dr. James Bonner)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon U., 2007-
Director, Ray and Stephanie Lane Center for Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon U. 2007-
Professor of Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon U., 2006-
Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., 2003-
Director, Joint CMU-Pitt Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology, 2005-
Co-Founder and Director, Center for Bioimage Informatics, Carnegie Mellon U., 2004-
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 1989-2003
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy), 2002-2003
Voting Faculty Member, Center for Automated Learning and Discovery, 2002-2006
Director, Merck Computational Biology and Chemistry Program, 1999-2004
Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Dept. Biological Sciences, 1996-2004
Member, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 1994-present.
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998-2002
Faculty Member and Program Leader for Undergraduate and Graduate Education, Center for Light Microscope Imaging and Biotechnology, 1991-2002.
Undergraduate Research Advisor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1996-2000
Director, Beckman Scholars Program at Carnegie Mellon University, 1998-1999
Visiting Associate Professor of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1994.
Associate Member, Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 1986-1993.
Founding Member, Center for Fluorescence Research in Biomedical Sciences, 1983-1991
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 1983-1989
Consultant, Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems, 1982-1992.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Columbia University, Dr. Charles Cantor, Departments of Chemistry and Human Genetics, 1979-1983.
HONORS
Earle C. Anthony Fellowship, Caltech, 1974
Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Foundation Fellowship, 1979
Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1984
Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2007
Senior Member, IEEE, 2007
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award, 2008-2009
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial
Guest Editor (with Gaudenz Danuser and Erik Meijering), Special Issue on Molecular and Cellular Bioimaging, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, September 2005
Guest Editor (with Jelena Kovacevic), Special Issue on Molecular and Cellular Bioimaging, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, May 2006
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Proteome Research, January 2006-December 2008
Member, Editorial Board, Biology Direct: Genomics, bioinformatics and systems biology section, March 2007-
Member, Editorial Board, Cytometry Part A, May 2007-
Member, Editorial Board, Biology Direct: Discovery notes section, October 2007-
Committee and Society Positions
Member, Data Standards Committee, International Soc. Analytical Cytology, Jan. 1990-March 2003 (Chair, Jan. 1998-March 2003)
Member, Publications Committee, International Society for Computational Biology, January 2004-present
Councillor, International Society for Analytical Cytology, May 2004-May 2006
Chair, Scientific Communications Committee, International Society for Analytical Cytology, May 2004-May 2006
Member, International Society for Analytical Cytology Management Task Force, March 2005-September 2006
President-elect, International Society for Analytical Cytology, May 2006-
Advisory Panels
Member, American Heart Association Western Pa. Peer Review Committee, March 1987-1991
Member, National Science Foundation Cell Biology Review Panel B, October 1989-March 1992
NIH, Special Study Section A (Biomedical Instrumentation), September 1990, June 1991
NIH, Biological Sciences 2 Study Section (Special Reviewer), July 1991, November 1991
NIH, Reviewers Reserve, December 1991-June 1993
Member, NIH Biological Sciences 2 Study Section, July 1993-June 1997
Chair, Carnegie Mellon University Faculty Development Fund, July 1996-June 1997
Member, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Review Panel, November 1996-1998
Member, NIH, ZRG2 CBY-1, March 1997, June 1997
Member, NIH, ZRG2 CBY-2, July, Dec. 1998 (Chair), March, July, Nov. 1999, March, June 2000
Member, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Review Panel, November 2000
Member, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Panel, February 2001, February 2002
Member, Visiting Review Committee, Biological and Medical Informatics Program, University of California, San Francisco, March 28-29, 2002
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Sequel Genetics, 2002-2003
Member, NIH SSS-U (Instrumentation), August 2002
Member, NIH SSS-H (Computational Biology), June 2002, November 2002, February 2003,June 2003, November 2003
Member, Visiting Review Committee, Image Analysis Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, January 2004
Member, NIH BDMA Study Section, March 2004
Chair, NIH BDMA Study Section, June 2004-June 2006
Member, NIH ZGM1 BRT-9 (KR) Study Section, August 2006
Member, NIH ZRG1 CB-B (40) Study Section, November 2006
Member, NIH ZRG1 BST-R (30) Study Section, October 2007
Program Committees
Chair, Cytometry Development Workshop, November 1998-October 2006
Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Pittsburgh Bone Symposium, August 2003
Member, Program Committee, IEEE International Workshop on Neural Networks in Signal Processing, September 2003
Finance Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, April 2006
Member, Organizing Committee, International Society for Analytical Cytology XXIII Congress, May 2006
Member, Program Committee, MICCAI Workshop on Microscopic Image Analysis with Applications in Biology, October 1, 2006
Member, Program Committee, International Conference on Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD), March 2007
Special Sessions Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, April 2007
Member, Program Committee, Second International Workshop on Microscopic Image Analysis with Applications in Biology, September 21, 2007
Topic Chair, Bioengineering and Imaging Research Opportunities Workshop, January 2008
General Chair, International Society for Analytical Cytology XXIII Congress, May 2008
General Chair, International Conference on Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD), July 2008
Courses and Tutorials
Invited Tutorial ÒSignal and Image Processing Issues in Molecular and Cellular Imaging,Ó ICASSP 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 19, 2005
Invited Tutorial ÒSignal and Image Processing Issues in Molecular and Cellular ImagingÓ (with Christos Faloutsos), SIGMOD 2005, Baltimore, Maryland, June 14, 2005
Faculty Member, Tenth Annual Course on 3D Microscopy of Living Cells, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, June 16-24, 2005
Invited Faculty Member, Short Course on High-Content Analysis, Society for Biomolecular Sciences Conference 2005, Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2005
Invited Tutorial ÒImage Analysis of Subcellular Patterns for High Throughput Screening and Systems Biology,Ó International Society for Analytical Cytology XXIII Congress, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 20, 2006
Invited Tutorial ÒBasics of Machine Learning for Image or Flow (Cytometry),Ó International Society for Analytical Cytology XXIII Congress, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 20, 2006
Invited Faculty Member, Short Course on High-Content Analysis, Society for Biomolecular Sciences Conference 2006, Seattle, Washington, September 17, 2006
Faculty Member, Machine Learning Department Autumn Course on Data Mining from Text and Image, Pittsburgh, PA, September 27, 2006
Invited Tutorial ÒMachine Learning Approaches to Information Extraction from Text and Images in Biomedical Journal Articles,Ó International Association of Science and Technology for Development Biomed 2007 and Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications 2007, Innsbruck, Austria, February 15, 2007
Invited Faculty Member, IV Interactive Course in Cytometry, Modena, Italy, March 6-9, 2007
Faculty Member, Twelfth Annual Course on 3D Microscopy of Living Cells, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, June 29-July 2, 2007
Invited Faculty Member, Short Course on High-Content Analysis, Society for Biomolecular Sciences Conference 2008, St. Louis, Missouri, April 6, 2008
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (Fellow), American Society for Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering Society, Clinical Cytometry Society, Human Proteome Organization, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE, Senior Fellow), International Society for Analytical Cytology, International Society for Computational Biology, Sigma Xi
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Columbia College
Admissions Interviewer, 1990-1997
Churchill Area Baseball Association
Board of Directors, League Commissioner, 1990-1991
Manager, 1990-1993
Franklin Park Borough
Secretary, Recreation Board, 1997-2000
Member, Recreation Board, 1997-2001
Ingomar Franklin Park Athletic Association
Manager, 1994-2004
Tournament Commissioner, 1994-1998
Vice President, 1996-2001
League Commissioner, 2001-2003
Communications Director, 2004
Secretary, 2005
North Allegheny Basketball Association
Coach, 2000-2001, 2005-2006, 2006-2007
North Allegheny School District
Science Curriculum Review Steering Committee, 1999-2001
Strategic Planning Action Team #2, 2001-2002
Strategic Planning Review Committee, 2002-2006