Julia Koehler Leman

Julia Koehler Leman, PhD, is a highly accomplished scientist with extensive experience in membrane protein research and computational modeling. Currently serving as Community Coordinator for Open Molecular Software Foundation and Consultant for Rosetta Commons, Julia has held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Founder at GradskillsPro since July 2022. Prior roles include Project Leader and Research Scientist at Simons Foundation, focusing on the development of applications for membrane protein docking, design, and modeling, with implications for personalized medicine. Julia's academic background includes a PhD in Chemical and Physical Biology from Vanderbilt University and a Master's degree in Physics from Leipzig University. Julia also contributed significantly to modeling membrane proteins during a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, where new algorithms for protein-protein docking were developed.