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| I was born and raised in Samara, Russia. For my undergrad
I studied chemistry and physics at the University of Toronto. While in Toronto, I investigated the
conformational dynamics of quantum dot-oligonucleotide conjugates
using single-molecule spectroscopy. I was also involved in the
development of software
to control the spatial distribution of the focal field phase of a laser
beam using spatial light modulators.
I am now a 3d year graduate student in the Chemical Physics program with Prof. Martin Gruebele at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My work in the Gruebele lab is mainly focused on the development and application of innovative experimental methods (usually involving extremely rapid temperature or pressure perturbations) to study fast protein folding; a process that occurs on a timescale that can be modeled by modern molecular dynamics simulations. These efforts are often collaborative between our group and theoreticians and are aimed to enhance the reliability of computational forecasts in the prediction of protein structure and shed light on protein misfolding and aggregation. I am optimistic that this knowledge will ultimately be instrumental in the optimization of computer-assisted rational drug design and will provide many insights into causes and potential remedies for such neurodegenerative disorders as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, which are caused by abnormalities in protein folding. | ||
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| Funding for this research is currently provided by the NSF, ACS, NASA, HFSP, IBM and UIUC. | ||