Adolfo B. Poma

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

Curriculum Vitae

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.

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.

Fernando Cofas

MSc. Gustavo Olivos-Ramirez
PhD student

Mg. Gustavo Olivos-Ramirez completed his MSc. studies in Bioinformatics from the Cayetano Heredia University (Lima-Peru) in 2023. His work comprises the study by molecular dynamics simulation of protein-sugar interations in viruses (e.g. SARS-CoV-2). Currently he is exploring by coarse-grained MD simulation the nanomechanics of the full-length spike (S) protein and the role played by glycans in the S protein dynamics during immune evasion.

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).