NIH Center Faculty Members

NIH Center Members – April 21, 2025

NIH Center Members

Faculty

emad
Emad Tajkhorshid
Director
Beckman, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Bioengineering


Membrane Proteins, Cellular-Scale Modeling, Computational Drug Design

alek
Alek Aksimentiev
Beckman, Physics


Molecular Simulation, Bionanotechnology



rafael
Rafael C. Bernardi
Biophysics Cluster
Department of Physics, Auburn University


Protein Mechanostability and Hybrid QM/MM Methods

chris
Chris Chipot
Beckman, Physics


Membrane Protein Simulations, Enhanced Sampling and Free-Energy Methods

sanjay
L.V. "Sanjay" Kale
Beckman, Computer Science


Parallel Computing; CSE Applications, Adaptive Runtime Systems

zan
Zan Luthey-Schulten
Beckman, Chemistry


Whole Cell Simulation

shukla
Diwakar Shukla
Blue Waters


Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Administration

System Administrator

macie
Lesley Butler
Office Manager
Main Contact
paritosh
Paritosh Garg
Beckman

Software Development

haochuan
Haochuan Chen
Beckman


NAMD Developer

dgomes
Diego Barreto Gomes
Auburn University



david
David Hardy
Beckman


NAMD Developer

jim
Jim Phillips
NCSA


NAMD Developer

co
Co Quach
Beckman


Molecular dynamics simulation of soft matter

john
John Stone
Beckman


VMD Developer

Research Scientists

zhaleh
Zhaleh Ghaemi
Chemistry
melih
Melih Sener
Beckman
pochao
Po-Chao Wen
Beckman

Postdoctoral Associates

chun
Chun Kit Chan
Beckman/Biochemistry
ashkan
Ashkan Fakharzadeh
Beckman/Biochemistry


Large-Scale Conformational Transitions

payam
Payam Kelich
Beckman/Biochemistry


Simulations of  Membrane Transporters, Antibody Annotations, Small Molecule Design

shobhna
Shobhna
Beckman/Biochemistry
eric
Eric Snfs-utilshinn
Beckman/Biochemistry


Gas Permeation and Cellular Membrane Structures

fulbabu
Md Fulbabu Sk
Beckman/Biochemistry


Molecular Modeling and Drug Discovery

noah
Noah Trebesch
Beckman/Biochemistry


Membrane Transporters, Cellular Membrane Structures

Graduate Students

moeen
Hossein Omidi Ardali
Biochemistry


Molecular Dynamics Studies of Membrane Binding Processes and Lipid-Protein Interactions

aaron
Aaron Chan
Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
tianle
Tianle Chen
Biophysics and Quantitative Biology


Membrane Proteins Large-Scale Conformational Change

cade
Cade Duckworth
Biophysics and Quantitative Biology


Molecular Dynamics of Membrane Proteins, Scientific Software Development

hale
Hale Hasdemir
Biophysics and Quantitative Biology


Optimization of Antibiotic Derivatives, Membrane-Binding of Peripheral Membrane Proteins

yupengli
Yupeng Li
Biophysics and Quantitative Biology


Protein-Lipid Interactions, Membrane Transporters, Peripheral Proteins

alex
Alex Mortenson
Biochemistry


Clotting Factor Dynamics, Antibiotic Discovery

alexmarc
Alexandre Plastow
Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
xingram
Xingran Qian
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering


Membrane System Molecular Dynamics, Small Molecules Drug Discovery

tianle
Carlos Cuellar Rodriguez
Biophysics and Quantitative Biology


Machine Learning Applications to Structural Biophysics

zohreh
Zohreh Rostami
Bioengineering


Molecular Dynamics of Membrane Proteins and Transporters

yunsen
Yunsen Zhang
Biophysics and Quantitative Biology


Membrane Protein Dynamics, VMD Plugin Development, and AI for Molecular Dynamics.

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