Charles L. Brooks III

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Charles L. Brooks III
Born
Alma mater Alma College (BS)
Purdue University (PhD) [1]
Scientific career
Fields Biophysics
Computational chemistry
Theoretical chemistry
Institutions University of Michigan
Doctoral students Teresa Head-Gordon [2]
Website brooks.chem.lsa.umich.edu

Charles L. Brooks III is an American theoretical and computational biophysicist. [3] He is the Cyrus Levinthal Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics, the Warner-Lambert/Park-Davis Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biophysics and Chair of Biophysics at the University of Michigan. [4]

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Career and research

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Brooks co-authored Proteins: A Theoretical Perspective of Dynamics, Structure, and Thermodynamics [5] with 2013 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Martin Karplus, and B. Montgomery Pettitt. He has authored over 250 peer reviewed journal articles and is also an Editorial Board Member for the journals Molecular Simulation and Proteins. Since 2004, he has been the North American Editor for the Journal of Computational Chemistry .

Awards and honors

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References

  1. "Brooks Lab - Charles L. Brooks III - University of Michigan". Brooks.chem.lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  2. Head-Gordon, Teresa Lyn (1989). Macroscopic and microscopic simulation methods as applied to biological macromolecules (PhD thesis). Carnegie Mellon University. ProQuest   303689629.
  3. "Theoretical Biological Physics To Get New $10 Million Research Center". Space Daily. September 26, 2002. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
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  5. Wiley Interscience, 1988 [ ISBN missing ]
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