Rezvan Shahoei

Education

Ph.D., Physics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 2020

Thesis Title: Computational Modeling and Simulation of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels

Advisor: Emad Tajkhorshid (2017–2020)

Advisor: Klaus Schulten (2012–2016)

M.Sc., Physics

Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2010

Thesis Title: Abelian Sandpile Models and Surface Growth

Advisor: Saman Moghimi-Araghi

B.Sc., Physics

University of Tehran, Iran, 2008

R. Shahoei and E. Tajkhorshid (2020) Menthol binding to the human α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, facilitated by its strong partitioning in membrane. J. Phys. Chem. B, 124(10): 1866–1880
J. Yu, H. Zhu, R. Lape, T. Greiner, R. Shahoei, Y. Wang, J. Du, W. Lü, E. Tajkhorshid, L. Sivilotti, and E. Gouaux (2019) Mechanism of gating and partial agonist action in the glycine receptor. Available on bioRχiv
B. J. Henderson, S. Grant, B. W. Chu, R. Shahoei, S. M. Huard, S. S. M. Saladi, E. Tajkhorshid, D. A. Dougherty, and H. A. Lester (2018) Menthol stereoisomers exhibit different effects on α4β2 nAChR upregulation and dopamine neuron spontaneous firing. eNeuro, 5(6). pii: ENEURO.0465-18.2018
A. Chakravarti, K. Selvadurai, R. Shahoei, H. Lee, S. Fatma, E. Tajkhorshid, and R. Huang (2018) Reconstitution and substrate specificity of the antiviral radical SAM enzyme viperin. J. Biol. Chem., 293(36): 14122–14133
S. Maji, R. Shahoei, K. Schulten, and J. Frank (2017) Quantitative Characterization of Domain Motions in Molecular Machines. J. Phys. Chem. B, 121(15): 3747–3756

Lectures

Menthol binds to extracellular and transmembrane domains of the human α4β2 nicotinic receptor. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore (March 2019)
Menthol’s interaction with membrane and human nicotinic receptor. CPLC/CBQB Graduate Student and Postdoc Symposium, UIUC (April 2018)
Structure and function of YidC. Physics of Living Systems Student Research Network, University of Maryland (July 2015)

Posters

A comparative study of YidC, a ribosome-bound membrane protein insertase. insertase. Gordon Research Conference on Membrane Protein Folding, Stonehill College (June 2017)
Critical decoding step in the ribosome revealed by dynamical network analysis. 58th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco (February 2014)
Critical decoding step in the ribosome carried out by dynamical network analysis. Physics of Living Systems Student Research Network, Princeton University (August 2013)

Physics 427, Thermal and Statistical Physics, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (Spring 2018)
Physics 554, Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (Fall 2014)
Physics 225, Relativity and Math Applications, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (Fall 2010 & 2011, Spring 2011 & 2012)
Physics 101, Mechanics and Heat, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (Summer 2011)
Electromagnetism I, Dept. of Physics, Sharif University of Technology (Fall 2009)
Classical Mechanics II, Dept. of Physics, University of Tehran (Spring 2008)
Classical Mechanics I, Dept. of Physics, University of Tehran (Fall 2007)

Teaching Assistant, Center for Physics of Living Cells (CPLC) Summer School, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (July 2016)
Teaching Assistant, Hands-on Workshop on Computational Biophysics, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute, UIUC (October 2012 & 2016)
Instructor for the physics research class, Farzanegan High School, NODET, Tehran, Iran (Fall 2009)
Supervisor of students’ physics projects, Farzanegan High School, NODET, Tehran, Iran (Fall 2008 & 2009)

Firdawsi Science Fellowship Award, UIUC (2018–2019)
Graduate Student Travel Award, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (Spring 2019)
Mavis Future Faculty Fellow, Engineering College, UIUC (2017–2018)
Graduate Student Travel Award, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (Spring 2015)
University Fellowship, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (Spring 2014)
University Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Courses, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (Fall 2012)
Scott Anderson Award for Outstanding Teaching, Dept. of Physics, UIUC (2011)
Ranked 1st in the class, Dept. of Physics, University of Tehran (2004–2008)
Ranked 4th in the National Physics Olympiad for Undergraduate Physics Students (Spring 2007)

Applied Machine Learning: Algorithms by LinkedIn Learning (2020)
Applied Machine Learning: Foundations by LinkedIn Learning (2020)
Graduate Teacher Certificate by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at UIUC (2018)

63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore (March 2019)
CPLC/CBQB Graduate Student and Postdoc Symposium, UIUC (April 2018)
Gordon Research Conference on Membrane Protein Folding, Stonehill College (June 2017)
The Third Coast Workshop on Biological Cryo-EM, University of Chicago (March 2017)
Physics of Living Systems Student Research Network, University of Maryland (July 2015)
59th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore (February 2015)
58th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco (February 2014)
Physics of Living Systems Student Research Network, Princeton University (August 2013)
Physics of Living Systems Student Research Network, Yale University (July 2012)
Workshop on Large Fluctuations and Collective Phenomena in Disordered Materials, UIUC (May 2011)

Volunteer for the CPLC Bilingual Education Outreach Program at the International Prep Academy, Champaign, IL (Fall 2016)
Volunteer for Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology’s Genome day, Champaign, IL (Fall 2014 & 2015)
Volunteer at the Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign, IL (Spring 2015–Fall 2018)

rshahoei@gmail.com, shahoei2@illinios.edu
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