Adolfo B. Poma

Dr hab. Adolfo B. Poma
Assistant Professor
Institure of Fundamental Technological Research - PAN, Warsaw

Curriculum Vitae

Dr hab. Adolfo Poma (biosketch) is the group leader of the Multiscale Modelling of Complex Systems. He received his MSc in computational physics from the State University of Campinas (Brazil) in 2008 and completed his PhD in soft matter physics in 2011 at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research. He later joined the University of Rome “La Sapienza” as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Giovanni Ciccotti, working on enhanced sampling methods for biomolecular simulations. Since 2011, he has been affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), and in 2024 he earned his habilitation in biomedical engineering from IPPT-PAN. His research focuses on computational strategies for investigating large-scale conformational changes in biomolecules, with applications in viral mechanisms, biopolymer degradation, and neurodegenerative processes. As the main developer of the GōMartini model, he collaborates closely with the Martini Force Field Initiative.

Fernando Cofas

MSc. Gustavo Olivos-Ramirez
PhD student

MSc. Gustavo Olivos-Ramirez completed a master study in bioinformatics at Cayetano Heredia University (Lima–Peru) in 2023. His work involves molecular dynamics simulations of protein–sugar interactions in viruses. He is currently exploring, through coarse-grained MD simulations, the nanomechanics of the full-length spike (S) protein and the role of glycans in its dynamics during immune evasion.

Fernando Cofas

Dr. Luis Fernando Cofas-Vargas
Postdoc

Dr. Cofas-Vargas completed his PhD studies in Biochemical Sciences, from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2022. His work comprises the design of molecular protein-ligand recognition studies for the search of binding sites and their druggability. Currently he is exploring the interaction between different glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and viral protein such as SARS-CoV-2 by docking approach and coarse-grained MD simulation.

Thu Tran

Dr. Thu Tran
Postdoc

Dr. Thu Tran has a PhD in physical engineering and expertise in nanomechanics of protein complexes by computer simulation. During her PhD studies, she modelled the aggregation of amyloid peptides and the physicochemistry of the amyloid beta fibrils. Currently she is part of ICRI-BioM at Lodz University of Technology and holds a research position at the Institute for Computational Science and Technology in Vietnam.

Rodrigo Moreira

Dr. Rodrigo Moreira
Postdoc

Dr. Rodrigo Moreira has a PhD in physics from the University of Pernanbuco (Bazil). During her PhD studies, he study the electronic structure of condensed matter systems by DFT and post Hartree Fock methods. Currently he is part of Bask Center of Applied Mathematics. His research focused on the relationship between topological objects and protein folding.

Thu Tran

Dr. Krishnan Sangameswaran
Postdoc

Dr. Sangameswaran completed his PhD studies in chemistry and gained a broad expertise in the electronic structure calculation of non-extended systems (e.g. molecules). During his PhD he studied several molecular systems. Currently he is part of ICRI-BioM project supported by a MAB-PLUS from the Foundation for Polish Sciences (FNP).