This Project Grant award of $555,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research by Professor James Allen and Dr. Joann Williams of Arizona State University to study how proteins control proton-coupled electron transfer reactions. The researchers aim to create reversible, long-lived electron and proton transfer processes that mimic biological systems. By manipulating bacterial reaction...
This $299,644 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports the development of software infrastructure to enable real-time analysis of molecular dynamics simulation data. The project aims to create a streaming protocol that transfers simulation data directly to analysis software, avoiding the need for storage of massive data files. This approach allows for simultaneous analysis of...
This federal Project Grant award of $375,299, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, supports research to advance the understanding of nanostructure, ion affinity, and mobility in polymer membranes. The research aims to enable the design of improved polymer membranes for sustainable applications such as reverse osmosis water purification, chemical flow batteries, and lithium recovery....
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $536,946 will support research at the University of California, San Diego from September 2022 through August 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award will fund the development of rigorous scientific theories and powerful computational tools to model biomolecular interactions. Researchers will design advanced numerical methods to simulate drug and protein binding/unbinding kinetics, incorporating molecular...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Arizona State University a $445,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from September 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The award will support research at Arizona State University to develop a novel approach for simultaneously applying an electric field and quantitatively measuring its effect on single molecules during chemical processes using combined single-molecule Raman and conductance...
This $795,135 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of Illinois on protein dynamics under extreme environmental conditions. The four-year award beginning June 1, 2022 will fund three related subprojects investigating how proteins adapt to enable organism survival in stressful environments like heat, pressure and dehydration. The research will study intrinsically disordered protein structure and...
This three-year $525,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research into the structure, dynamics, and transport properties of charged macromolecular systems in aqueous solutions. The grantee, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will investigate the hierarchical organization and non-diffusive dynamics of polyzwitterions, as well as forces controlling coacervate gel composite formation and phase behavior,...
This three-year, $345,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports collaborative research between the University of Notre Dame and Pennsylvania State University to investigate ion mobility in aqueous acids, bases, and salts. The researchers will take a fully integrated experimental and theoretical modeling approach to explore ionic mobility at the molecular level and achieve a unified understanding of how counterions and ion-pairing...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $375,000 project grant to the University of Notre Dame under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research on ion mobility in aqueous acids, bases, and salts from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. Led by professors at the University of Notre Dame and Pennsylvania State University, the project will utilize experimental and theoretical modeling approaches to investigate ion transport mechanisms in water-based...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $298,911 Project Grant to New York University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research on water-responsive, shape-shifting supramolecular protein assemblies. Over a three-year period from August 2023 to July 2026, NYU will work with professors from New York University, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, and CUNY City College to develop protein polymers that can respond to...