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Anatoly Boris Kolomeisky Author of Evaluating Organization Development
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Anatoly Boris Kolomeisky

Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University

I am a Professor of Chemistry at Rice University. I am specializing in Theoretical Chemistry and Theoretical Biophysics. My main research goal is to understand mechanisms of complex chemical and biological processes utilizing tools of Statistical Mechanics.

Subjects: Chemistry, Engineering - Chemical, Physics

Biography

I was born in Soviet Union in 1967. After graduating from Moscow State University (Chemistry Department) with MS in Chemistry I moved to USA. In 1994 I was accepted as a graduate student at Cornell University, where I worked with prof. Ben Widom. I received a PhD in Chemistry in 1998. I worked as a postdoctoral research associate with Prof. Michael E. Fisher from 1998 till 2000. In 2000 I joined Department of Chemistry at Rice University where I went from Assistant Professor to Full Professor.

Education

    MS in Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1991.
    MS in Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA 1996
    PhD in Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA 1998

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

    motor proteins and molecular motors, cytoskeleton dynamics, mechanisms of biological signaling, channel-facilitated molecular transport, protein search for targets on DNA

Books

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Featured Title - Motor Proteins and Molecular Motors - 1st Edition book cover