Interests:
Electron transfer & proton transfer reactions. Evaluating when and
where electrostatic interactions are important in proteins.
• Using time-resolved optical spectroscopy to study photosynthetic reaction
centers. The aim is to characterize the energy landscape (reaction barriers
and thermodynamics) of electron transfer reactions that are coupled to protein
and proton motions.
• Calculating pKs and electrochemical midpoints in proteins to see how
a protein's form yields its function.
• Developing MCCE which combines continuum electrostatics & molecular
mechanics to study coupled conformation & ionization state changes in proteins.
Recent Publications
MCCE
Download MCCE executable for LINUX or Mac OSX
or use database of 35,000 calculated pKs from 500 proteins
Lab Members
THE
CUNY BIOPHYSICS PROGRAM
Local Seminars - listed on the CCNY FORUM Site
CCNY
Physics Department;
Information for Physics Graduate students
CUNY Biochemistry
CCNY
Chemistry
Teaching: updates for students
Phusics 422 and Physics 732 Biophysics
FIQWS 10047-LK ENERGY
Physics 203 Freshman Physics