Shamrat Kumar Paul

I am a PhD student in Medical Biophysics at Clemson University. I specialize in computational biophysics and the thermodynamics of biomolecules, with a dedicated focus on developing therapeutics for rare diseases, principally CDKL5 deficiency disorder. I developed and maintain ColabMDA and am a contributor to SAMPDI-3Dv2. Read more

I am a PhD student in Medical Biophysics at Clemson University. I specialize in computational biophysics and the thermodynamics of biomolecules, with a dedicated focus on developing therapeutics for rare diseases, principally CDKL5 deficiency disorder. I developed and maintain ColabMDA and am a contributor to SAMPDI-3Dv2.

I also hold an MS in Medical Biophysics from Clemson University and a BSc in Biochemistry from BSMRSTU, Bangladesh. My background spans molecular biology, physical chemistry, and computational modeling, which I combine to study biomolecular systems.

My doctoral research investigates how missense variants alter protein stability and partner binding, curates large variant datasets, and translates structure- and energy-based insights into ideas for variant-guided small-molecule discovery. I also work on machine-learning approaches to predict mutation effects on biomolecular interactions.

I recently presented a CDKL5 variant reclassification framework named cdkl5-variants that links variant impacts of folding and binding energetics to pathogenicity and highlights potential avenues for targeted therapy design.

My work has been supported by several fellowships, including the Clemson Graduate Education Program Quasi‑Endowment (College of Science fellowship) and the Pearce Center Grad WAC Fellowship. Earlier, I received a GRIESHMA research fellowship at IIT Madras and was joint second runner‑up at the BAUET Tech Fair for a project combining quantum chemistry with docking. Show less