Dr. Adolfo B. Poma
Assistant Professor
Institure of Fundamental Technological Research - PAN, Warsaw
Dr. Adolfo Poma (see my biosketch) is the group leader of the Multiscale Modelling of Complex Systems divison. In 2008, he got a MSc. degree in computational physics from the State University of Campinas (Brazil). Then he moved to Germany and under the supervision of Prof. Kurt Kremer (head of the polymer theory group, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research) and Prof. Luigi Delle Site (Frei University of Berlin) got a PhD degree in soft matter physics in 2011. As a postdoc, he collaborated with Prof. Giovanni Ciccotti at University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Rome, Italy) in enhanced sampling of biomolecular simulations. Since 2011, he has been affiliated to the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). His current research areas focuses on the development of computational strategies for capturing large conformational changes of biomolecules under biomecanical forces with an emphasis on viral diseases, biopolymer degradation and neurodegenerative diseases. As the main developer of the GōMartini model for the study of conformational changes of protein complexes under force perturbation, he has embraced collaboration with SMFS experts in europe with applications in biomechanics of SARS-CoV-2, viral-cell interactions and the effect of single-point mutations in protein stability.