In order to avoid having to frequently update my web page, with all inklings of "newest results" and such, I will keep things brief and general. My research involves the use of theoretical and computational methods in understanding the workings of biomolecular systems. I also have interests in structural and functional bioinformatics and proteomics.
My graduate work was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I recieved a PhD in physics from the Physics Department, and my dissertation advisor was Max L. Berkowitz from the Chemistry Department. The Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics facilitated this cross-disciplinary course of study. My dissertation work was on the structure, dynamics, and function of biological membranes in aqueous solution.
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Charles Brooks. Not long ago, we were located at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, where I enjoyed fellowship with a large community of biophysicists by affiliation with the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP). Recently, we moved the lab to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.
My research is tailored to the study of biomembranes, transport proteins, and ion solvation in water. Here, I refrain from detailed accounts of my work, and mention only some of its aspects: (1) relating characteristics of ion solvation to characteristics of ion channel selectivity, (2) the use of free-energetic methods in understanding transport protein mechanisms, and (3) the use of comparitive modeling and low resolution experimental data to glean the structure and function/mechanisms macromolecular assemblages.
For more details on past work, please see my publications.
Some illustrations depicting past work can be seen in my Image Gallery.
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