Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Chemistry

大卫L.帕特里克已被授予NSF博士后研究 化学研究金。 帕特里克博士获得博士学位， 犹他州大学在托马斯·毕比教授的指导下， Jr. 帕特里克博士将继续在剑桥大学的研究， 英国剑桥，由伊恩·麦克唐纳教授赞助， 还有贝尔法斯特女王大学的露丝·林登-贝尔教授。 他的博士后研究将针对特定化学物质的建模 单层膜的原子力显微镜研究。 研究 涉及一系列基于计算机的模拟研究， 我们对化学修饰的探针尖端相互作用的理解 吸附的分子。 我们的目标是利用分子 动力学模拟，吸附质化学的各自作用 功能性、溶剂类型和探针尖端的化学结构， 在原子力显微镜实验中测量的力。 的 理论研究将通过与 实验学家进行原子力显微镜为基础的研究， 混合单层系统 博士后研究奖学金在化学计划被视为 一项重要的基础设施计划，旨在扩大知识 新博士的经验和吸引他们进入有意义的职业生涯， 当代化学研究与教学

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.