Omar Valsson

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Research Group Website:  http://www.valsson.info

Dr. Valsson received his M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Iceland in 2008. In 2008 he started his Ph.D. at the University of Twente with Prof. Claudia Filippi. After finishing his Ph.D. in 2012, Dr. Valsson joined the group of Prof. Michele Parrinello at ETH Zurich and USI Lugano as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2017 he worked as a group leader in the Polymer Theory department of Prof. Kurt Kremer. Dr. Valsson joined the UNT faculty in January of 2022.

Research Area: 

• Physical
• Computational Chemistry
• Computational Physics

Research:

• Theoretical and computational chemistry.
• Development of advanced methods for molecular simulations.
• Applications to chemical, biological, and material systems.

The Valsson research group develops and applies classical and quantum simulation methods to study chemical, biological, and material systems. In particular, the group focuses on developing advanced methods for studying the long timescale phenomena common in nature but normally inaccessible in conventional molecular simulations due to their limitations. The group applies the methods it develops to various chemical, biological, and material systems, including protein-protein interactions, polymorphic transformations in molecular crystals, and photoactive biosystems.

Twitter: @OmarValsson
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ResearcherID/Publons: D-2438-2010
ORCID: 0000-0001-7971-4767