Biological Physics Research
Dr. Aihua Xie leads an active research group that studies the fundamental principles of proteins. Proteins by nature are nanoparticles, with well designed biological functions. Proteins perform an enormous range of roles in cells such as manufacturers, communicators, regulators, and commanders that keep cells alive, organized, healthy, and active. Her group employs a broad range of experimental, computational, and biochemical techniques for their research, encompassing tunable nanosecond lasers, time-resolved nanosecond and microsecond Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, microlithographically fabricated microflow device, infrared microscopic spectroscopy, and density function based quantum calculations of complex biomolecules.
Dr. Donghua Zhou studies atomic resolution structure as well as mechanism of membrane proteins and protein aggregates of fundamental and pathological importance. Such applications are coupled with his continuing efforts and successes in methodology and instrument developments made in the field of solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (SSNMR).
