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Amir Haji-Akbari

Assistant Professor; Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Our group uses techniques rooted in molecular thermodynamics and computational chemistry to study the thermodynamics, kinetics and mechanism of phase transitions. We are interested in phenomena characterized as rare events. We are currently pursuing three active areas of interest: (i) crystal nucleation, (ii) hindered transport of ions and solutes through nanoporous membranes and channels, (iii) protein dynamics, folding and aggregation.

Research Area(s)

Computational biology

Haji-Akbari Lab

PEB Students

  • Annie Choi

    Chemical & Environmental Engineering (Haji-Akbari Lab)
    Research Interests: Application of molecular simulations and advanced sampling techniques to rare events in biological systems

  • Shervin Issakhani

    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (Haji-Akbari Lab)
    Research Interests: Molecular Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Simulations, Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Quantum Computing

  • Arlind Kacirani

    Chemical & Environmental Engineering (Haji-Akbari Lab)
    Research Interests: Protein aggregation, computational biophysics, advanced sampling

  • Manuel Lopez

    Chemical and Environmental Engineering (Haji-Akbari Lab)
    Research Interests: computational models of protein folding