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美国德州达拉斯 Southern Methodist University 化学系2015秋季计算化学与生物学全奖博士招生
1.招生类型
Ph.D.
2.招收学校(单位)名称
Southern Methodist University
3.学制以及何种专业
学制:
Four to five years
专业:
Computational Chemistry and Biology
研究方向 (Professor Peng Tao’s research group):
Methodology development for protein allosteric mechanisms and free energy calculation of chemical reactions and biological processes; Molecular dynamics (MD), quantum mechanics (QM), and QM/MM simulations of enzymatic and chemical reactions.
4.学校或单位地点
Supercomputer cluster at SMU:
“SMU now has one of the top academic supercomputers in the nation with the addition of the ManeFrame to its new data center at the southeastern end of the campus. This powerful new tool will be opened to the campus in May, expanding the reach of faculty and student research into subjects ranging from particle physics, to human behavior, to water quality and drug discovery.” http://www.smu.edu/News/2014/ManeFrame-21march2014
Interdisciplinary research center at SMU:
The Center for Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery (CD4) at Southern Methodist University's Dedman College of the Humanities and Sciences is a novel multi-disciplinary focus for scientific research targeting medically important problems in human health.
Using innovative approaches, CD4’s mission is to potentiate the development of new therapeutics, their delivery methods as well as the translation of these new therapeutics to clinical studies. Training new generations of biomedical researchers in state-of-the-art techniques completes the overall mission of the Center. http://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Academics/InstitutesCenters/CD4
5.提供的补助待遇
Full stipend support as either teaching assistant or research assistant
6.导师(课题组)介绍
The research of our group focuses on developing novel simulation methods to probe protein allostery and highly efficient and accurate computational methods to calculate free energy for chemical reactions and biological processes. We are also applying these novel free methods in combination of powerful computational tools, such as molecular dynamics (MD) and quantum mechanics (QM), to solve real world chemistry and biology problems.
Visit group website (http://faculty.smu.edu/ptao/) for more information.
8. 申请方法与条件
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in physical chemistry, physics, mathematics, or related fields.
GRE and TOEFL scores
Preferred:
211, 985 Universities and institutes.
GPA > 3.5
Master's degree
With first author publications
IMPORTANT: In the cover letter of your application, please indicate that you would like to join Dr. Tao’s research group to pursue a Ph.D. degree in computational chemistry.