Contact Information
Department of Physics525 Northwestern Avenue
West Lafayette, IN
47907-2036
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Telephone:
(765) 494-2970
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(765) 494-0706
Biological Physics – Theoretical Research
Research is carried out in both experimental and theoretical biological physics. Some current areas of interest in theoretical biological physics are:
Computational neuroscience
Computational neuroscience with a focus on modeling neural networks and, more in general, on understanding how the nervous system works (Giordano).
Computational electronic structure of metalloproteins
Computational electronic structure of metalloproteins. The laws of quantum mechanics are applied, in conjunction with high performance supercomputers, to understand the electronic structure, reactivity and function of metal sites in proteins. In particular, density functional theory (DFT) is used to probe intricate electron-electron interactions and model spectroscopic data of antiferromagnetic centers in non-heme diiron-oxo proteins. In addition, genetic algorithms (GAs) are developed and used to perform computer simulations of experimental data (J. H. Rodríguez).
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