Orly Alter's Curriculum Vitae

Institution	Degree	Year(s)	Field
Stanford University	Postdoctoral Fellow	9/1998–1/2004	Genetics
Stanford University	Ph.D.	1/1999	Applied Physics
Tel Aviv University	B.Sc. magna cum laude	10/1989	Physics

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Fellow, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin	1/2004–
Studying genomic signal processing and systems biology.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, and	9/1998–1/2004
Principal Investigator, Department of Genetics, Stanford University	4/2000–1/2004
Built the first matrix computation models for genome-wide expression data and demonstrated their predictive power under the guidance of Profs. David Botstein and Patrick O. Brown.

Research Assistant, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University	9/1991–8/1998
Established the quantum theoretical limits to the information that can be obtained in the measurement of a single physical system with Prof. Yamamoto.
Ph.D. dissertation was published as a book, O. Alter and Y. Yamamoto, Quantum Measurement of a Single System (Wiley, New York, 2001). Ph.D. Dissertation Slides

Research Assistant, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University	9/1989–8/1991
Researched a time symmetric formalism of quantum theory with Prof. Aharonov.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Fellow, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin	1/2004–
Designed two courses in Genomic Signal Processing, one a computational laboratory course, that bridge the traditional academic disciplines of engineering and biology to stimulate the interdisciplinary thinking required for current research and development in computational biotechnology. Instructed a diverse group of graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

Instructor, Shahar Institute, Israel	1989–1991
Participated in designing a course to prepare students for Israel's university entrance exam. Authored course material, which was published in a book series based on the course. Instructed, among others, special groups from the Israel Defense ce's Officers' Academy.

Teaching Assistant, Physics Laboratories, Tel Aviv University	1989–1991

Instructor, "Gabrieli" Primary School, Tel Aviv	1989
Designed and taught enrichment class in Electronics.

Coordinator of "Introduction to Sciences," The Open University, Israel	1989

Instructor, Institute for Teaching Science and Art to Gifted Youth, Tel Aviv	1987
Designed and taught courses in Scientific and Creative Thought under Dr. Landau.

International Linear Algebra Society Linear Algebra and its Application Lecture	6/2005
Synopsis was published in O. Alter, "Genomic Signal Processing: From Matrix Algebra to Genetic Networks," IMAGE 35, pp. 2–15 (December 2005).
National Human Genome Research Institute Individual Mentored Research Scientist Development Award in Genomic Research and Analysis	4/2000–3/2005
Sloan Foundation and Department of Energy Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Molecular Biology	9/1999–8/2003
American Physical Society Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular, or Optical Physics Award Finalist	1998

Chair and Organizer, Invited Minisymposia, "Mathematical Patterns in Nature," "Genomic Signals and Systems," "Mathematical Analyses of Biological Sequences," "Tensor Computations for Large-Scale Data Applications," 2008 SIAM Annual Meeting	7/2008
Chair and Organizer, SXSVD: Golub World Day Celebration in Austin	2/2008
Invited Participant, Planning Meeting, "The Cancer Genome Atlas Data Portal," National Institutes of Health	1/2008
Appointed Member, Scientific Review Panel, National Science Foundation	12/2007
Appointed Member, Scientific Review Panel, "Biodata Management and Analysis: Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies," National Institutes of Health	1/2007
Invited Participant, Workshop, "Petascale Computing in the Biosciences," National Science Foundation	8/2006
Chair and Organizer, Invited Session, "Genomic Signals and Systems," 17th International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems	7/2006
Editorial Board Member, "Biology Direct "	3/2005–
Chair and Organizer, Invited Session, "L7: Modeling Large-Scale Molecular Biological Data," 2005 March Meeting of the American Physical Society	3/2005
Organizer, Invited Session, "S10: Modeling Large-Scale Molecular Biological Data," 2003 March Meeting of the American Physical Society	3/2003
Invited Participant, Planning Meeting, "Beyond the Beginning: The Future of Genomics," National Human Genome Research Institute	12/2001
Appointed Member, Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, "Innovations in Biomedical Information Science and Technology," National Institutes of Health	12/2001

National Human Genome Research Institute, R01 HG004302, "Tensor Computations for Modeling Large-Scale Molecular Biological Data"	8/2007–8/2012
Scripps Institute and National Health Institutes, "Interactive and Connective Software Environment for DNA Microarray Data Analysis and Visualization"	9/2005–8/2006
National Human Genome Research Institute, K01 HG000038, "Mathematical Tools for Gene Expression Data Analysis"	4/2000–3/2005
Sloan Foundation and Department of Energy DE-FG03-99ER62836, "Analytical and Computational Tools for Genome-Wide Expression Data Analysis"	9/1999–8/2003