Dr. Daan Geerke

Biography

Daan Geerke obtained his PhD degree in 2007 from the Laboratory for Physical Chemistry at ETH Zürich, under the supervision of Prof. Wilfred F. van Gunsteren. He subsequently joined the research group of Dr. Julia E. Rice and Dr. William C. Swope at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, where he completed a postdoctoral fellowship. In 2009, Geerke was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the MCT research group headed by Prof. Nico P.E. Vermeulen and Prof. Paul Jennings at Vrije Universiteit. He currently supervises senior scientists and PhD students, and lectures on a variety of bachelor and master courses in computational chemistry, (bio-)molecular modeling, structural biology, and statistical thermodynamics. His research focuses on the in silico rationalization and prediction of drug metabolism and action, specifically the binding of flexible enzymes such as human bacterial Cytochrome P450s and proteases. Additionally, he has worked on the development of biomolecular force fields that include quantum electronic polarization effects for simulation. Geerke has published more than 40 scientific publications and has received multiple grants, including the NWO-Veni grant in 2009, NWO-Vidi grant in 2013, and the NWO/NLeSC eScience grant in 2015. He is also the coordinator of scientific activities in the context of the IMI-JU eTOX project for in silico prediction of toxicities.

Research Interests

Experience

Awards

Courses