Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Chemistry

David L. Patrick博士被授予美国国家科学基金会化学博士后研究奖学金。Patrick博士在Thomas Beebe教授的指导下获得了犹他大学的博士学位。Patrick博士将在英国剑桥大学继续研究，在Ian McDonald教授和贝尔法斯特女王大学Ruth Lynden-Bell教授的赞助下。他的博士后研究将针对单层薄膜的化学特异性原子力显微镜研究的建模。该研究涉及一套基于计算机的模拟研究，旨在提高我们对化学修饰探针尖端与吸附分子相互作用的理解。目的是通过分子动力学模拟，了解在原子力显微镜实验中，吸附质化学功能、溶剂类型和探针尖端的化学结构对测得的力的各自作用。理论研究将通过与实验家合作进行基于原子力显微镜的混合单层系统研究而得到加强。化学博士后研究奖学金项目被视为一项重要的基础设施项目，旨在拓宽新博士的知识和经验，吸引他们从事当代化学研究和教学中有意义的职业。

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.