Ana-nicoleta Bondar
Physics
Free University of Berlin
Germany
Biography
PhD, University of Heidelberg, 2004 (PhD work at the University of Heidelberg, IWR, Computational Molecular Biophysics Group, and the German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Department of Molecular Biophysics) Post-doc, University of Heidelberg, 2004-2006 (and collaboration with the Department of Molecular Biophysics, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg) Assistant Project Scientist, University of California, Irvine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics (2006-2010).
Research Interest
The central topic of our research is the use of theoretical biophysical methods for the elucidation of mechanisms in complex proteins. The three research areas are the role of the dynamics of protonation for the function of membrane proteins, as well as the coupling of chemical reactions (protontransfer, hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate) with large-area conformational changes and the influence of the lipid environment on the function of membrane proteins.
