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Nikolai Smolin Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Center for Molecular Biophysics,Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Building 6011,
PO Box 2008 MS6309,
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6309,
USA.
Phone: +1 865 241 5237
Fax: +1 865 576 7651
smolinn@ornl.gov
nikolai.smolin@gmail.com
http://nikolai.smolin.googlepages.com/
Oak Ridge , TN 37830
Biography:
Nikolai Smolin CV summa cum laude University of Dortmund
, Dortmund, GERMANY with honors South Ural State University
, Chelyabinsk, RUSSIA certificate Chelyabinsk, RUSSIA
Education May 16, 2006 Ph.D.
Department of Physical Chemistry,
June 1, 2000 Diploma
Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
June 17, 1994 School
Physics & Mathematics Lyceum No. 31,
Professional Experience 11/08-present Postdoctoral Research Associate Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Oak Ridge, TN, USA
6/06-10/08 Postdoctoral Research Associate Valerie Daggett Research Group, Department of Bioengineering, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA
3/01-6/06 Research Staff Member Department of Physical Chemistry I, University of Dortmund,
Dortmund, GERMANY
9/00-2/01 Research Staff Member Department of General and Theoretical Physics, South Ural State University,
Chelyabinsk, RUSSIA
9/00-2/01 Research Staff Member The Chelyabinsk Scientific Center, Ural Branch, The Russian Academy of Sciences,
Chelyabinsk, RUSSIA
9/97-7/00 Junior Researcher Department of General and Theoretical Physics, South Ural State University,
Chelyabinsk, RUSSIA
9/97-7/00 Junior Researcher The Chelyabinsk Scientific Center, Ural Branch, The Russian Academy of Sciences,
Chelyabinsk, RUSSIA
Grants 2005 THPPS-2005, COST-ESF (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research): travelling grant
2003 CONFIT-2003: financial support
2002 Research Grant of Russian Foundation for Basic Research
2001 Research Grant of Russian Foundation for Basic Research
2000 Group Study Visit Grant of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
2000 Grant of International Soros Science Education Program
2008
- Smolin, N.; Daggett, V. Formation of ice-like water structure on the surface of an antifreeze protein.
J. Phys. Chem. B,2008, 112, 6193-6202.
- Smolin, N.; Winter, R. Effect of temperature, pressure and co-solvents on structural and dynamic properties of the hydration shell of SNase - A molecular dynamics computer simulation study.
J. Phys. Chem. B,2008, 112, 997-1006.
- Smolin, N.; Li, B.; Beck, D.; Daggett, V. Side-chain dynamics are critical for water permeation through aquaporin-1.
Biophys. J.2008, 95, 1089-1098.
2007
- Oleinikova, A.; Smolin, N.; Brovchenko, I. Influence of water clustering on the dynamics of hydration water at the surface of a lysozyme.
Biophys. J.2007, 93, 2986-3000.
2006
- Oleinikova, A.; Smolin, N.; Brovchenko, I. Origin of the dynamic transition upon pressurization of crystalline proteins.
J. Phys. Chem. B,2006, 110, 19619-19624.
Mitra, L.; Smolin, N.; Ravindra, R.; Royer, C.; Winter, R. Pressure perturbation calorimetric studies of the solvation properties and the thermal unfolding of proteins in solution – experiments and theoretical interpretation.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.2006, 8, 1249-1268.
- Smolin, N. & Winter, R. A molecular dynamic simulation of SNase and its hydration shell at high temperature and high pressure.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta,2006, 1764, 522-534.
2005
- Brovchenko, I.; Krukau, A.; Smolin, N.; Oleinikova, A.; Geiger, A.; Winter, R. Thermal breaking of spanning water networks in the hydration shell of proteins.
J. Chem. Phys.2005, 123, 224905.
- Oleinikova, A.; Brovchenko, I.; Smolin, N.; Krukau, A.; Geiger, A.; Winter, R. Percolation transition of hydration water: from planar hydrophilic surfaces to proteins.
Phys. Rev. Lett.2005, 95, 247802.
- Smolin, N.; Oleinikova, A.; Brovchenko, I.; Geiger, A.; Winter, R. Properties of spanning water networks at protein surfaces.
J. Phys. Chem. B,2005, 109, 10995-11005.
- Oleinikova, A.; Smolin, N.; Brovchenko, I.; Geiger, A.; Winter, R. Formation of spanning water networks on protein surfaces via 2D percolation transition.
J. Phys. Chem. B,2005, 109, 1988-1998.
2004
- Smolin, N. & Winter, R. Molecular dynamics simulations of staphylococcal Nuclease: the properties of water at the protein surface.
J. Phys. Chem. B,2004, 108, 15928-15937.
pre 2004
- Gelchinski, B. R.; Mirzoev, A. A.; Smolin, N. Computer simulations of vibrational spectra and sound velocity in liquid cesium up to the critical point.
J. Non-Cryst. Solids,2002, 312-314, 138-142.
- Smolin, N.; Gelchinski, B. R.; Mirzoev, A. A.; Duldina, E. V. The analysis of the short-range-order atomic structure of liquid metals by the Voronoi polyhedron method and check of the adequacy of the results gained by the RMC method.
J. Non-Cryst. Solids,2002, 312-314, 90-94.
- Mirzoev, A. A.; Vorontsov, A. G.; Smolin, N.; Gelchinski, B. R. Structure simulation of topologically disordered binary alloys.
Proceedings of the Chelyabinsk Scientific Center,1999, issue 1, 30-35.
(in Russian)
- Gelchinski, B. R.; Mirzoev, A. A.; Smolin, N. Analysis of approximations taking into account multielectron effects in the calculation of interionic potentials and properties of liquid metals. Rasplavy,1998, 6, 22-28. (in Russian)
- Mirzoev, A. A.; Smolin, N.; Gelchinski, B. R. New procedure of simulation of the short-range order structure of binary disorderd systems within the framework of the tight binding method.
Proceedings of the Chelyabinsk Scientific Center,1998, issue 2, 21-26.
(in Russian)
