Resume for Arthur J. Olson, Ph.D
September 2010
olson at scripps.edu, http://mgl.scripps.edu
Education
University of Michigan, B.S., Chemistry 1968
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, 1975
Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1976-1979
Professional Record
Peace Corps Volunteer, Ghana, West Africa, 1968-69
Staff Scientist Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL), Berkeley, California 1976-1981
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), 1982-2010
Selected Career Highlights
Science:
- First atomic resolution structure of a complete virus particle, (Harrison Lab) Harvard, 1978
- George M. and Thelma B. Anderson Research Endowed Chair, TSRI, 1985-2010
- AutoDock, first flexible molecular docking computer program, (Goodsell) TSRI, 1990
- NIH Program Project “Resistance Driven Design for HIV Therapeutics,” TSRI, (Multi-Lab) 1992- 2010
- AutoDock, most widely distributed, used and cited drug discovery software, (Olson Lab) TSRI, 2010
- FightAIDS@Home, first volunteer distributed biomedical computing project, (Entropia) TSRI, 2000
- FightAIDS@Home, largest user of IBM’s World Community Grid, with over 1.5 Million CPUs registered, (Olson Lab and IBM), 2010
- Honored by Resolution of the California State Legislature for FightAIDS@Home, TSRI, (IBM) 2006
- Distinguished Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, UK, 2007
- Mentoring over 50 Postdoctoral Fellows, Graduate Students and Interns from around the world (Olson Lab), 1982-2010
Scientific Visualization
- Earliest interactive computer graphics visualizations of the molecular structure of a virus, (Harrison Lab) Harvard, 1979
- GRAMPS, early general purpose interactive graphics software for scientific visualization and interactive production of computer animation, (O’Donnell) Lawrence Berkeley Lab, 1980-81.
- “TBSV”, an 8 minute computer animated film, explaining the molecular structure of a virus particle, selected for SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, Olson, LBL1981
- “ADAM: A Dial Activated Man”, 5 minute computer animated film, possibly the first human motion capture computer animation (data from Muybridge’s human motion studies, 1887), selected for SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, (O’Donnell) LBL, 1981
- First OmniMAX/IMAX computer animation segments, produced for Horizon’s Pavilion at Walt Disney EPCOT Center, (Garrick), TSRI, 1983
- Recognized as a Computer Graphics Pioneer for molecular visualizations and interviewed In the film “The Story of Computer Graphics”, 1999
- First augmented reality enhanced autofabricated molecular models, (Olson Lab), TSRI 2005
- Self-Assembling Virus model, Protein folding Kit, (Olson Lab), 2005-2008
Educational Outreach and Professional Service
- Secondary School Science Teacher, Dwamene Akenten School, Ghana West Africa, 1968-1969
- Produced and distributed a series of 6 widely shown films on the structure of biological molecules, TSRI (Olson Lab), 1983-1990
- Over 100 Invited lectures on Molecular Modeling and Visualization around the World 1981-2010
- Founding member of the San Diego SuperComputer Center, Steering Committee member, 1985-1997
- Founding member of the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI), Executive Board Member, 1997-2004
- Developed materials and taught hands-on practicals with tangible models for TSRI Graduate Students, on protein folding and multi-molecular structure assembly, 2005-present
- Chair and organizer, Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, (Ainsworth) Oxford University, U.K., 2009
- Molecular Visualizations displayed in art and science museums in the U.S. U.K. and Europe 1990-2010
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