Dr. Jaroslav Vacek
Jaroslav Vacek, Ph.D.
is a researcher, educator, and Ph.D. student advisor in
computational chemistry and biochemistry and nanotechnology in the US
(Boulder, Colorado) and in Europe (Prague, Czech
Republic).
His areas of
interest and expertise include computer simulations, molecular dynamics,
ab initio calculations, molecular machines and devices, nanomechanics,
and
nanostructured materials with special expertise in molecular rotors and
motors.
Jaroslav is an author/coauthor of over 25 scientific and popular
science papers and two TV appearances. He is a coauthor of the
GEO YEAR
BOOK 2007: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (UNEP) and
grantee of
several research grants (US and Europe). He is a member of several
research/training networks such as Molecular Rotors or From FLIM to
FLIN.
Jaroslav coauthored
Molecular dynamics of a grid-mounted molecular dipolar rotor in a
rotating electric field,
Potential energy and free energy surfaces of the formic acid dimer:
Correlated ab initio calculations and molecular dynamics
simulations,
Methylated uracil dimers: potential energy and free energy
surfaces,
Exploring the Structure of a DNA Hairpin with the Help of NMR
Spin-Spin
Coupling Constants: An Experimental and Quantum Chemical
Investigation,
Anharmonic treatment of the lowest-energy conformers of glycine: A
theoretical study, and
Acetic Acid Dimer in the Gas Phase, Nonpolar Solvent, Microhydrated
Environment, and Dilute and Concentrated Acetic Acid: Ab Initio Quantum
Chemical and Molecular Dynamics Simulations.
He is the developer of computer code TINK designed specifically to
simulate properties and behavior of nanostructured materials, and
nanoscale (molecular) devices.
His awards include the prize TALENT ‘95 in the Czech Republic and
invitations to several exclusive scientific meetings including
the Stereochemistry@Burgenstock conference.
Jaroslav earned his MS (1992) and Ph.D. (1996) degrees from the Charles
University of Prague.
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