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Jan Swenson is a Full Professor of Nano Biophysics in the Department of Physics at Chalmers University. He earned his PhD in Physics from Chalmers in 1996, with research focused on the structure of ion conducting glasses. Following his doctoral studies, he was a postdoctoral fellow at University College London, UK, where he investigated the structural stability of clay gels. Upon returning to Chalmers, Swenson's research aims to understand the role of water in biological materials, especially how proteins function in aqueous environments. His current work seeks to elucidate the anomalous properties of supercooled water, studying water confined in geometries and the crystallization of ice at low temperatures. In collaboration with colleagues, he employs structural and dynamical studies of soft materials using neutron scattering and has been developing new methodologies for analyzing and modeling data. His innovative modeling method, known as molecular dynamics Monte Carlo (MDMC), is utilized to explore a variety of scientific problems, including the impact of sugars on protein aggregation associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease.
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