About the Special Issue Editors
Ross P. Carlson is a Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Montana
State University, Bozeman. He has an interdisciplinary education, including a Ph.D. in chemical
engineering, an M.Sc in microbial engineering, and a B.Sc. in biochemistry. His research focuses
on combining in silico systems biology with both in vitro and in situ experimental systems ranging
from medical infections to biofuel production and nutrient cycling in Yellowstone National Park hot
spring mats. His research aims to identify design principles for mass and energy transfer within
metabolic systems with the ultimate goal of system control.
Herbert M. Sauro is an Associate Professor at the Department of Bioengineering in the University of
Washington, Seattle. His work focuses on (1) developing credible and reliable computational models
of protein signaling pathways; (2) the use of mathematics and computation to help understand
the dynamics and operation of cellular processes, particularly through the use of metabolic control
analysis; (3) disseminating best practices in systems biology modeling by developing standards
such as SBML and SBOL; and (4) supporting journals to help disseminate reproducible models.
He is currently Director of the NIH Center of Reproducible Biomedical Modeling and a member
of the Cancer Systems Biology Consortium. He has written numerous papers, including a number of
textbooks on modeling in systems biology.
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Ross P. Carlson is a Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Montana
State University, Bozeman. He has an interdisciplinary education, including a Ph.D. in chemical
engineering, an M.Sc in microbial engineering, and a B.Sc. in biochemistry. His research focuses
on combining in silico systems biology with both in vitro and in situ experimental systems ranging
from medical infections to biofuel production and nutrient cycling in Yellowstone National Park hot
spring mats. His research aims to identify design principles for mass and energy transfer within
metabolic systems with the ultimate goal of system control.
Herbert M. Sauro is an Associate Professor at the Department of Bioengineering in the University of
Washington, Seattle. His work focuses on (1) developing credible and reliable computational models
of protein signaling pathways; (2) the use of mathematics and computation to help understand
the dynamics and operation of cellular processes, particularly through the use of metabolic control
analysis; (3) disseminating best practices in systems biology modeling by developing standards
such as SBML and SBOL; and (4) supporting journals to help disseminate reproducible models.
He is currently Director of the NIH Center of Reproducible Biomedical Modeling and a member
of the Cancer Systems Biology Consortium. He has written numerous papers, including a number of
textbooks on modeling in systems biology.
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