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John Zhang is a Professor of Chemistry at NYU Shanghai and holds the position of Director Emeritus at the NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry. He is a Global Network Professor and has made significant contributions to the field of computational chemistry, focusing on the development and application of novel computational methods for the accurate and efficient study of biological systems. His research includes the development of quantum-classical methods and new polarized force fields to predict protein structures, as well as studying free energy in protein-drug and protein-protein bindings and the conformational dynamics of membrane proteins. Zhang's academic journey includes postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, and he possesses a PhD in Chemical Physics from the University of Houston, coupled with a Bachelor's degree from East China Normal University. He has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his career, including the Camille Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship. His teaching interests span various topics in chemistry, physics, and mathematics sciences, including thermodynamics, kinetics, and quantum mechanics.
NYU Shanghai • Shanghai, China
Teaching and conducting research in the field of chemistry, focusing on computational methods.
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