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My work

Dr. Alper Karagöl is a medical doctor and incoming MIT Postdoctoral Fellow who specializes in advanced protein engineering and molecular circuit design. His foundational research focuses on developing environment-responsive therapeutics, supported by a portfolio of over thirty publications and featured cover articles that leverage his expertise in protein engineering. In addition to his molecular work, he constructs complex mathematical models for genomic and epidemiological datasets to analyze health challenges. As a biotechnology entrepreneur, he actively bridges these computational disciplines to translate structural and population-level insights into practical clinical solutions.

 

I am experienced in non-parametric statistical tests and correlation analysis including non-linear analysis and Kernel regression methods for orthologous sequences generated by Hidden Markov models (HMM). I use an alternative approach by analyzing the Nash Equilibrium (NE) of the Evolutionary Stable Strategy, without an explicit solution to complex dynamics. For physics-based approaches, I utilize Gibbs free energy calculations considering attractive contributions to the van der Waals interaction energy. I conduct Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Multimer Predictions for both globular and membranous proteins. For the intensive calculations, I am familiar with various supercomputer infrastructures including Google Compute Engine and Colab.

Research Experience

2026 Oct

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Incoming Postdoctoral Fellow

Laboratory for Translational Engineering, MIT


2022 Aug - current

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Collaborator - Part Time

Laboratory of Molecular Architecture, Media Lab, MIT


> Isoforms and alternative mRNA splicing of neurotransmitter transporters
> Heteromerization and contemporary modulator design 
> MSA-based protein structure prediction and computational analysis
> Extensive form games and ESS aplications in molecular evolution
> Structural topology and alpha helices of neuronal transporters 
> Evolutionary Profiling and Natural variants analysis, 
> Protein Secondary Structure Assignment, Helical structure analysis in neuronal transporter proteins

2026 Feb - 2026 June

King's College London

Medical Student Researcher

Clinical Epidemiology and Trials Research team 

> Big data analysis

> Hidden Markov Modelling of epidemiological data

> Antibiotic resistance

> Pharmacoeconomics

2023 Sept - 2024 March

University College London

Research Collaborator - Part Time

Structural Immunology Group- Darwin Building UCL

> Alternative mRNA splicing and structural alterations in coagulation factors
> Mutational dynamics and epistasis in disease evolution
> Phenotypical profiling and structural prediction

2023 Jan- Aug

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Guest Scientist - Sabbatical

Darwin Building in University College; visitor at UCL Medical School

> Evolutionarily-related proteins in Homo sapiens (Human)
> Genetic variants analysis and molecular mechanisms of related diseases
> Protein Structural Assessment of the effects of genetic variants
> Alternative splicing, and mRNA processing
> Database design with MySQL and HTML programming

Education

pre-MD research:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Neurological Transporters

Sabbatical:

University College London

Coagulation Factors

Medical Elective:

Guy's & St. Thomas Hospital - King's College London

Rheumotology

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center - Rutgers University

Neurosurgery

NYC Health + Hospital - NYU Grossmann Medical School

Psychiatry

OR Observer:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Neurosurgery, Interventional Neuroradiology

Harvard Medical School

Head and Neck Oncological Surgery, Otolaryngology, Neurology (Stroke), Interventional Neuroradiology

Medical Doctor

2019-2026

Istanbul University, English Medical Program

Settled with honors (1st place)

Contact

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.

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Nothing on this website should be construed as professional, legal, or official advice. 

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