Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Chemistry

戴维·L·帕特里克博士被授予美国国家科学基金会化学博士后研究奖学金。帕特里克博士在小托马斯·毕比教授的指导下获得了犹他大学的博士学位。帕特里克博士将在伊恩·麦克唐纳教授和贝尔法斯特女王大学的露丝·林登-贝尔教授的赞助下，继续在英国剑桥大学进行研究。他的博士后研究将以单层薄膜的化学特定原子力显微镜研究的建模为目标。这项研究涉及一系列基于计算机的模拟研究，旨在提高我们对化学修饰的探针尖端与吸附分子相互作用的理解。目的是利用分子动力学模拟，了解吸附化学官能度、溶剂类型和探针尖端的化学结构对原子力显微镜实验中测量的力的各自作用。理论研究将通过与实验者合作对混合单层系统进行基于原子力显微镜的研究来加强。化学博士后研究奖学金计划被视为一个重要的基础计划，旨在拓宽新博士的知识和经验，并吸引他们在当代化学研究和教学中从事有意义的职业。

Dr. David L. Patrick has been awarded an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chemistry. Dr. Patrick received his doctoral degree from the University of Utah under the supervision of Professor Thomas Beebe, Jr. Dr. Patrick will continue research at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, under the sponsorship of Professor Ian McDonald and additionally Professor Ruth Lynden-Bell of Queen's University in Belfast. His postdoctoral research will target modelling of chemically-specific atomic force microscopy investigations of monolayer films. The research involves a set of computer-based simulation studies designed to improve our understanding of the interactions of a chemically-modified probe tip with adsorbed molecules. The goal is to understand, using molecular dynamics simulations, the respective roles of adsorbate chemical functionality, solvent type, and the chemical structure of a probe tip on the forces measured in atomic force microscopy experiments. The theoretical studies will be augmented by collaboration with experimentalists conducting atomic force microscopy-based studies on mixed monolayer systems. The Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Chemistry Program is viewed as an important infrastructural program designed to broaden the knowledge and experience of new Ph. D.s and attract them into meaningful careers in contemporary chemical research and teaching.