Dr. Schweikert obtained her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the City University of New York, Graduate Center. She has taught at the State University of New York and City University of New York. Dr. Schweikert serves as the Assistant Vice President and Webmaster for the Global Business and Technology Association, as well as Co-Chair for the association's annual international conference. She co-guest edited a Special Issue on "Algorithms and Molecular Science" which appeared in Algorithms and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Dr. Schweikert is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE Computer Society and Computational Intelligence Society. Research