Research

 

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

We are interested in computational modeling of complex molecular processes using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. To achieve our goal, we focus on developing and employing novel computational methods to extend the timescales of MD simulations.  Another direction in our lab is to integrate simulations and experiments to characterize new materials and to study the complex biomolecular machinery. Using experiments such as Cryo-EM, SAXS, and NMR our lab is developing computational tools and methods to guide MD simulations toward the direction where it meets experimental data, providing accurate description of physical processes and allowing atomic level visualization of experiments. 

 
 
Liquid and Gas Separations

Liquid and Gas Separations

Poly-nucleotide interactions

DNA Polymerase Mechanism

Energy landscape of RNA conformational space

Energy landscape of RNA conformational space

 
 
 
 
 
 

The purpose of (scientific) computing is insight, not numbers.
— Richard Hamming