Alumnus, Chemistry
Thesis Title: Circular and Linear Dichroism of Proteins
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Jonathan Hirst
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About
I obtained my PhD from the University of Nottingham under the supervision of Prof. J.D. Hirst.
The project aimed to improve the use and understanding of linear dichroism (LD) spectra of proteins. To aid the interpretation of the experimental spectra, calculations of theoretical LD spectra were performed. Furthermore, the project involved the improvement of the established circular dichroism (CD) calculation routine to enhance the quality of the computed protein CD spectra.
It was also aimed to make CD and LD calculations available for public use, what was done by creating the web interface DichroCalc.
Thus, the main topics were
- Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy
- Linear Dichroism Spectroscopy
- Programming tasks (including the development of a Perl-based PDB parser and a web interface to make the calculations publicly available).
DichroCalc can be accessed and used at
http://comp.chem.nottingham.ac.uk/dichrocalc
The PDB parser ParsePDB.pm (Perl library) can be downloaded at
http://comp.chem.nottingham.ac.uk/parsepdb
Professional background:
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- Programming of LaTeX classes for scientific publications and monographs
- Development of a LaTeX => XML/XHTML/eBook/Word converter (Perl)
- Translations German/English (both ways)
- Proofreading German/English
- Copy-editing (e.g. for layout consistency)
- Technical support for publishers and authors
Educational background:
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Apr 2009 - Jul 2009:
University of California at Irvine (USA)
Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. S. Mukamel)
C++ Development
Sep 2005 - Sep 2009:
University of Nottingham (England)
Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. J.D. Hirst)
Theoretical Chemistry and Web Interface Development
Mar 2003 - Aug 2003:
Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Organic Chemistry (Dr. R.H. Wightman)
Oct 1999 - Apr 2005:
University of Würzburg (Germany)
Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. G. Bringmann)
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