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Education |
1993-1997 |
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Thesis: "Novel Architectures in Polymer Chemistry", supervisor I. W. Parsons. |
1990-1993 |
B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Upper Second Class Honours. |
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Experience |
since 2012 |
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR, Prague, working on the structure of aqueous solutions of biological relevance. |
2002-2012 |
Cornell University, Department of Food Science, working on molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous solution and their relation to neutron scattering data (P.I. Prof. J.W. Brady). |
1997 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Chemistry, working on novel uses/applications for the molecular abacus (P.I. Prof. H. W. Gibson). |
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Appointments |
1999-2002 |
Bristol University, Department of Physics, working on the determination of structural features of solutions containing biological molecules by neutron scattering (P.I. Dr. G.W. Neilson). |
1998-1999 |
Sheffield University, Department of Chemistry, working on the synthesis of novel, discrete structures by anionic polymerization (P.I. Dr. R.N. Young). |
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Research interest |
- The physical implications of the structure of solutions.
- Unifying Molecular Dynamics and Neutron Scattering and NMR spectroscopy techniques for the examination of aqueous systems.
- The role of ions in biological systems (ion channels, the structural mechanism of the Hofmeister Series etc.
- Development of new techniques of neutron scattering.
- Determination of solute-solute structure in solutions near the miscibility limit, and their analogies to supercritical states.
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