Nanomaterial Chemistry and Technology (ISSN 2690-2575)
Editor
Biography
I will serve on the Research Development Committee for the proposed Developmental Research Project Program. I am a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. I also have consulted for the FDA at the National Center for Toxicological Research, and I am inventor or co-inventor on seven patents issued by the Unites States Patent and Trademark office. I have authored or co-authored approximately 120 manuscripts in the fields of molecular modeling, neural network simulations, conformational modeling of polymers and proteins, and Monte-Carlo modeling, as well as a book, which is in final revision, on applications of neural networks to molecular and biomolecular systems. I have given more than 300 presentations at regional, national, and international meetings. My research interests are primarily in computer modeling techniques of atomic and molecular systems for the elucidation of their chemical and physical properties, but I am also interested in bioinformatics and am involved in several such projects with medical applications. My research in drug design uses techniques pioneered in my laboratory that involve artificial intelligence procedures and quantum mechanical simulations. I also work in the area of nanotechnology to model atomic and molecular nanoclusters for developing new materials to enhance hydrogen storage. As either a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator, I have received more than $2.5 million in external funding from NASA, Department of Energy, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease, and others.
Research Interest
primarily in computer modeling techniques of atomic and molecular systems for the elucidation of their chemical and physical properties, bioinformatics and medical applications.
