James PolsonÂ
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
University of Prince Edward Island
Canada
Biography
He did his Phd from British Columbia and is a the Acting chair person & Assistant professor of Physics Department in UPEI, Canda.
Research Interest
James Polson uses computer simulations and analytical theoretical methods to study the physical properties of polymers in solution. Recently, his research has focused on the effects of solvent on the polymer collapse transition. The knowledge gained from this work could contribute to our understanding of the related process of protein folding, which in turn could lead to advances in the health sciences.
Publications
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Opps SB, Rilling KM, Polson JM. Discontinuous molecular dynamics (DMD) study of heteropolymer collapse in an explicit solvent. Cell biochemistry and biophysics. 2013 May 1;66(1):29-36.
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Polson JM, Dunn TR. Evaluating the applicability of the Fokker-Planck equation in polymer translocation: A Brownian dynamics study. The Journal of chemical physics. 2014 May 14;140(18):184904.
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Polson JM, Montgomery LG. Polymer segregation under confinement: Free energy calculations and segregation dynamics simulations. The Journal of chemical physics. 2014 Oct 28;141(16):164902.
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Polson JM. Polymer translocation into and out of an ellipsoidal cavity. The Journal of chemical physics. 2015 May 7;142(17):174903.
