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Professor Martin Ulmschneider is a Professor of Computational Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at King's College London, part of the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences. He leads the Ulmschneider Group, focusing on peptide-membrane interactions for biomedical applications. His research employs computational and experimental techniques to design membrane-active peptides for diagnostics and therapies, particularly in oncology and neurodegenerative diseases.
Ulmschneider holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford’s Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics and has held international fellowships at institutions including the Indian Institute of Science, University of Rome La Sapienza, and Johns Hopkins University. He joined King’s in 2017 and became Department Head in 2022.
His research interests span molecular dynamics simulations, antimicrobial peptide design, blood-brain barrier permeability modeling, and cancer nanotherapeutics. Recent work includes developing peptides targeting triple-negative breast cancer and elucidating mechanisms of drug transport across biological barriers.
Ulmschneider supervises a team of postgraduate researchers and research associates, and has led projects funded by the BBSRC. His lab collaborates globally on topics like Alzheimer’s disease protein interactions and nanoparticle peptide delivery systems. Key achievements include simulating amyloid-beta precursor protein mechanisms and designing novel antimicrobial peptides with selective bacterial targeting.
