Emel Ficici

Emel Ficici is a Senior Scientist in Computational Chemistry at Nurix Therapeutics, with a career that includes roles as a Senior Scientist at Pfizer and a Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, where expertise in selectivity calculations, homology modeling, and membrane transporter proteins was developed. Education includes a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC Irvine, focusing on Chemical and Materials Physics, an M.Sc. in Physics from Middle East Technical University, and a B.Sc. in Teaching Physics from Boğaziçi University. Prior academic positions include instructor and adjunct lecturer roles in physics at the University of South Alabama and Springhill College, respectively. Research experience encompasses advanced simulation techniques and studies on biomolecular interactions and conformational changes.