People
Reasearch Staff
Prof. Esteban Vöhringer-Martinez
Prof. Vöhringer-Martinez obtained his PhD in 2008 (Dr. rer. nat) at Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany. After a postdoc at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and at the Pontificia University in Santiago in Chile he moved to University of Concepción, where he was been appointed as Full profesor. His main research interests are computational reaction dynamics.
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Prof. Rodrigo Recabarren Hurtado
My main research field is computational chemistry applied to enzymatic catalysis. Postdoc Project Title: "Engineering carboxylases as biocatalysts for CO2 fixation and stereoselective C-C coupling reactions: a computational approach"
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Prof. Stefan Vogt Geisse
Dr. Vogt Geisse did his undergraduate study at the Pontificia Universidad Católica, where he obtained his Licenciatura. He completed his PhD studies in the University of Georgia at the Center of Computational Quantum Chemistry. His was appointed Assistant Professor of the Physical Chemistry Department in 2017. His main research interests are applying ab initio quantum chemistry to problems Astrochemistry and Ring-opening polymerization.
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Associated Researchers
Prof. Aharon Gomez
Dr. Aharon Gomez graduated 2023 at QCMM and works at Universidad San Sebastian in Concepción. He is a close collaborator of the associated Max-Planck Laboratory lead by Prof. Vöhringer-Martinez.
Prof. David Saez
Dr. David Saez is a former QCMM member working at Universidad del BioBio in Chillan, Chile. He is an active collaborator in several projects with principal investigators at QCMM.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Juliana Andrea Murillo López
Her main research field is focused on the use of QM/MM methods for studying the chemical reactivity in small group transfer reactions (e.g. carboxylation, phosphorylation) involved in enzyme catalysis processes. She is currently applying these methods to study carboxylation reactions in Rubisco and CCr enzymes, in particular how changes in the active site (point mutations, substrate changes, metallic substitution) can affect enzyme reactivity.
Graduate Students
Juan Garces Guzman
Hometown: Concepcion, Chile Undergraduate Studies: Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Concepcion. Research Topic: Ring-opening polymerization of lactones using initiators based on main group elements
Gabriela Silva Vera
Hometown: Talcahuano, Chile Undergraduate and Master Institution: Universidad de Concepción Thesis title: Study of possible common precursors for the formation of formamide and acetamide in dust-water ice grains
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Jorge Pulido Alarcón
Hometown: Arauco, Chile Undergraduate Studies: Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad de Concepcion. Research Topic: Constant pH Molecular Dynamics in Enzymatic Catalysis.
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Carlos Andrés Castillo Orellana
Thesis title: Cambios Conformacionales de la enzima Glucosa-6-fosfato deshidrogenasa por unión de Nicotinamida adenina dinucleótido fosfato y mutaciones de clase I
