Arieh Warshel

    Arieh Warshel

    PRINCIPAL INVESTAGATOR
     
    EDUCATION
    PhD , Weizmann Institute, Israel, 1969
    MS , Weizmann Institute, Israel, 1967
    BS , Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1966
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST
    Modern Biophysical Chemistry.

    Matt Colopy

    Matthew Colopy

    EXECUTIVE PROJECT SPECIALIST
     
    ROLE
    Colopy handles the day-to-day management of personnel, administrative, financial, and operational activities for the Warshel Center for Multiscale Simulations.

    Zhen Tao Chu

    Zhen Tao Chu

    SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
     
    EDUCATION
    PhD , Arizona State University, 1988
    BS , University of Science & Technology of China, 1970
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST
    Chemical Reactions of Enzymes and Proteins in Biological System & Computational Chemistry Software Programming
    Ashim Nandi

    Ashim Nandi

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
     
    EDUCATION
    Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 2021-2022
    PhD, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2017-2021
    MS, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2016-2017
    - 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Scholar and Mars Fellow
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST
    Enzyme Catalysis, Photochemical and Photophysical Processes, EVB, QCFF/PI.

    Ritaban Halder

    Ritaban Halder

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
     
    EDUCATION
    Postdoc, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2020-2022
    PhD, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India, 2013-2020
    M.Sc, West Bengal State University, India, 2010-2012
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST
    Motor Protein, Protein-inhibitor binding, Protein-ion interaction, Conformational change of protein.

    Natalie Gelfand

    Natalie Gelfand

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
     
    EDUCATION
    Postdoc, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2020-2023
    PhD, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia, 2015-2019
     
     
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST
    Computational chemistry, biochemistry, photochemistry.

    Panpan Chen

    Panpan Chen (Panpan)

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
     
    EDUCATION
    Postdoc, University of  California, 2021-2024
    PhD, Zhejiang University, 2021, Hangzhou, China
     
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST
    Enzyme Catalysis, Membrane protien, QM/MM, EVB, PDLD

    Aoxuan Zhang

    Aoxuan Zhang (Augustine)

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT
     
    EDUCATION
    PhD, University of Southern Calidornia, 2027
    MS, University of Southern California, 2021
    BS, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2019
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST
    Membrane protein, QM/MM, EVB, PDLD

    Linfeng Hu

    Lingfeng Hu (Harry)

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT
     
    EDUCATION
    PhD, University of Southern Calidornia, 2028
    BS, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2024
     
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST
    Enzyme Design, EVB, PDLD
     
     
     

    Andrew Levy

    Andrew Levy

    UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER
     
    EDUCATION
    BS, University of Southern California, 2025
    - 2024 D E Shaw Research Undergraduate Fellowship Recipient
    - Cengage Group Merit Scholarship Award Recipient
    - USC Mann Undergraduate Merit Scholarship Recipient
     
    RESEARCH INTEREST

    Major:  Pharmacology and Drug Development
    Minor:  Artificial Intelligence Applications