Dina T. Mirijanian

Postdoctoral Fellow
Theory of Nanostructured Materials Facility, Molecular Foundry

DTMirijanian.lbl.gov

2008 PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
1997 BS, Physics, University of Michigan, Dearbord, MI
1996 BS, Chemistry, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI

Research Interests

Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of complex systems. Multiscale coarse-graining methods. Coarse-grained simulations of vesicle assembly and fussion. Currently working on developing atomistic and coarse-grained models for peptoids.

Publications

1. D.T. Mirijanian and G.A. Voth, "Unique elastic properties of the spectrin tetramer as revealed by multiscale coarse-grained modeling", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 105, 1204-1208 (2008)
2. D.T. Mirijanian, J.W. Chu, G.S. Ayton, and G.A. Voth, "Atomistic and coarse-grained analysis of double spectrin repeat units: The molecular origins of flexibility", J. Mol. Biol., 365, 523-534 (2007)
3. G.S. Ayton, H.L. Tepper, D.T. Mirijanian and G.A. Voth, "A new perspective on the coarse-grained dynamics of fluids", J. Chem. Phys., 120, 4074-4088 (2004)
4. D.T. Mirijanian, M.H. Alexander and G.A. Voth, "Path integral molecular dynamics simulation of solid para-hydrogen with an aluminum impurity", Chem. Phys. Lett., 365, 487-493 (2002)
5. D.J. Bord, C.R. Cowley and D. Mirijanian, "A re-evaluation of the abundance of lutetium in the sun", Solar Physics, 178, 221-237 (1998)

Previous Positions

(2007) - (2009) Post Doctoral Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM USA