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Loukas Petridis
Research Staff Scientist
Center for Molecular BiophysicsOak Ridge National Laboratory
Build 6011, MS 6309
Oak Ridge , TN 37831
Education:
- PhD: University of Cambridge, U.K. (2005)
- MSci and BSci in Natural Sciences: University of Cambridge, U.K. (2002).
Biography:
Current research
- Investigation of the origins of biomass recalcitrance via integration of computer simulation with neutron scattering experiments.
- Computer simulation of lignocellulose.
- Scaling of molecular dynamics simulation on supercomputers.
- Physics of biopolymers.
- Investigate molecular-scale mechanisms stabilizing soil organic carbon by application of molecular dynamics simulation and neutron reflectometry.
Publications
A complete list can be found here. Some selected publications:
L. Petridis, R. Schulz, J.C. Smith (2011); Simulation Analysis of the Temperature Dependence of lignin Structure and Dynamics; Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 20177
S.V. Pingali, H.M. O'Neil, J. McGaughey, V. Urban, C.S. Rempe, L. Petridis, J.C. Smith, B.R. Evans, W.T. Heller (2011) ; Small Angle Neutron Scattering Reveals pH-dependent Conformational Changes in Trichoderma reesei Cellobiohydrolase I: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; Journal of Biological Chemistry 286, 32801-32809
L. Petridis, S.V. Pingali, V. Urban, W.T. Heller, H.M. O'Neil, M. Foston, A.J. Ragauskas, J.C. Smith (2011) ; Self-similar multiscale structure of lignin revealed by neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulation, Physical Review E 83, 061911
R. Shulz, B. Lindner, L. Petridis and J.C. Smith (2009); Scaling of Multimillion-atom Biological Molecular Dynamics Simulation on a Petascale Supercomputer; Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2009 5 (10), 2798-2808 (DOI: 10.1021/ct900292r)
L. Petridis and J.C. Smith (2009); A molecular mechanics force field for lignin; Journal of Computational Chemistry 30 457-467
