Li Han, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Clark University Worcester, MA 01610-1447 Office: BP 344 Phone: (508) 793-7344 Fax: (508) 421-3715 Email: lhan@clarku.edu

Research

• Interests: robotics, computational structural biology, computer animation and parallel computing
• Recent focus: algorithmic and mathematical aspects of configuration spaces and motions of multi-body systems
• Robotics, dexterous manipulation and motion planning  (with Prof. Lee Rudolph and our Multibody Systems Research Group) -- Overview
  • NSF Funded Project (PI: L. Han, Co-PI: L. Rudolph): Practical Parametrization and Efficient Motion Planning of Linkage Systems (2007--2012, $298,250)
• Protein kinematics, folding and aggregation (with Prof. Sharon Huo) -- Overview
  • NIH Funded Project (1R01GM088326-01, PI: S. Huo, Co-PI: L. Han): Study Protein Folding Mechanism Using a Roadmap-Based Approach (2009--2014, $1.26 million)
• Publications

Teaching

Office Hours:   MWF 9:00--10:30am, M 12:30--1:45pm, and other time by appointment