Chris Lockhart, PhD

Chris Lockhart, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

College of Science

Other Positions:

N/A

Research Theme:

Digital Technologies - Inventing new algorithms, digital techniques, and technologies

Key Interests:

Computational Biophysics, Molecular Modeling, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning

Education:

PhD, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, George Mason University

Dr. Lockhart uses computational methods to study biomolecules of medical importance. He frequently employs all-atom molecular dynamics simulations with enhanced sampling algorithms to exhaustively explore the conformational ensembles of target systems and compute their thermodynamic properties of interest. In particular, he has focused on uncovering the mechanisms that govern the interactions between intrinsically disordered Alzheimer’s disease Aβ peptides, lipid bilayers, and ligands.

College:

College of Science

Department:

School of Systems Biology

Contact Chris:

Email: clockha2@gmu.edu