Dr. Ada Sedova is a Research Scientist in the Molecular Biophysics Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her research is in high performance computing (HPC), scientific computing, physical chemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, biochemistry and chemical physics. This includes HPC programming environments, scientific computing using HPC for simulation and analysis, and experimental work including neutron scattering, analytical biophysics and electrochemistry. Ada was a CSEEN Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Scientific Computing Group at NCCS, ORNL, and a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, University at Albany. She received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences with focuses on computational biophysics, biophysical chemistry and structural biology from the joint program at the NY State Department of Health Wadsworth Center and University at Albany’s Biomedical Sciences Department. She also received a Masters in Mathematics from the University at Albany’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics with research in stochastic processes in physics and chemistry. Her research focuses on bridging gaps across technological areas.