Aleksei Aksimentiev

Aleksei Aksimentiev is a Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with affiliations in Bioengineering, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. His research focuses on computational biophysics, molecular dynamics simulations, and nanopore technologies.

Key research interests include:

• Nanopore-based DNA/RNA analysis and protein sequencing
• Molecular transport mechanisms in biological systems
• Biomolecular structure and dynamics using high-performance computing
• Design of synthetic biological systems and biomaterials

Notable achievements include:

• Development of all-atom molecular dynamics simulation frameworks for biomolecular systems
• NSF CAREER Award (2010)
• Contributions to understanding viral capsid structures and membrane protein interactions

His work bridges computational modeling with experimental biophysics, addressing challenges in single-molecule analysis, synthetic biology, and biomedical engineering.