معرفی
Valeri Barsegov is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, within the Kennedy College of Sciences. His research focuses on computational biophysics, biomolecular interactions, and GPU-accelerated simulations of biological systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Biochemistry from Moscow State University.
Education:
- Ph.D.: Chemical Physics, University of Texas at Austin (2000)
- B.S.: Biochemistry, Moscow State University (1994)
Research interests include simulating protein-protein interactions, fibrin clot mechanics, and the biomechanics of biological nanoparticles. His work integrates experimental collaborations to bridge computational models with real-world biological data.
Awards include the Departmental Teaching Excellence Award (2010) and a Foreign Guest Professorship at Osaka Prefecture University (2009). His research has been supported by grants from the NSF, American Heart Association, and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
Grants and Contracts:
- EAGER: Electrical Detection of Biomolecular Interactions (NSF, 2020)
- Computer Simulation Studies of Fibrin Interactions (AHA, 2013)
His lab specializes in GPU-based molecular dynamics simulations, accelerating the study of large biological systems. Collaborations span biomechanics, nanotechnology, and clinical applications of fibrin-based materials.
