Teresa Head-Gordon Professor, Department of Bioengineering Faculty Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 274C Stanley Hall mailcode: 1762 (510) 666-2744 fax: 510-642-5835 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://thglab.berkeley.edu/

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 2001

Research Interests

Computation, theory, and experiment in the areas of biomolecules and biomaterials.

Education

1979-1983     B.S., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Chemistry
1984-1989     Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Theoretical Chemistry

Major Awards

2001 IBM-SUR Award for Research in Computational Biology
2005-2006 Schlumberger Medal and Sabbatical Fellow at Cambridge University.
2006- Clare Hall Faculty, UK

Professional Experience

1990-1992       AT& T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, Postdoc
1992-2000       Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2001-2004       Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
2001-present    Member of Bioengineering Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley
2001-present    Member of Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley
2001-present    Member of Applied Sciences and Technology Group, University of California, Berkeley
2001-present    Department Head of Computational Structure Group, Physical Biosciences, LBNL
2001-present    Faculty affiliate of QB3 Institute
2003-present    Research Council Member, University-Industry Cooperative Research Program
2004-2007       Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
2007-present    Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

Selected Publications

11.    M. S. Lin and T. Head-Gordon (2008). Improved energy selection of native loops from loop decoys.  JCTC in press (Cover article).
2.    N. Lux Fawzi, A. Phillips, J. Z. Ruscio, M. Doucleff, D. E. Wemmer & T. Head-Gordon (2008). Structure and dynamics of the Alzheimer’s Aβ21-30 peptide from the interplay of NMR experiments and simulation. JACS accepted
3.    T. Head-Gordon and R. M. Lynden-Bell (2008). Hydrophobic solvation of Gay-Berne particles in modified water models.  J. Chem. Phys. in press.
4.    N. Lux Fawzi, K. Kohlstedt, Y. Okabe & T. Head-Gordon (2008). Protofibril assemblies of the Arctic, Dutch and Flemish mutants of the Alzheimer’s Aβ1-40 peptide. Biophys. J. in press
5.    R. K. Murakra and T. Head-Gordon (2008). Dielectric relaxation of aqueous solutions of hydrophobic and hydrophilic peptides. JPC-B 112, 179-186.
6.    E.-H. Yap, N. Lux Fawzi & T. Head-Gordon (2008). A coarse-grained α−carbon protein model with anisotropic hydrogen-bonding. Proteins, Struct. Func.. Bioinf. 70, 626-638.
7.    R. K. Murakra and T. Head-Gordon (2007). Single particle and collective hydration dynamics of hydrophobic and hydrophilic peptides.  J. Chem. Phys. 126, 215101-215109.
8.    M. S. Lin, N. L. Fawzi, and T. Head-Gordon (2007).  Hydrophobic potential of mean force as a solvent function for protein structure prediction.  Structure 15, 727-740.
9.    M. E. Johnson, T. Head-Gordon, A. A. Louis (2007). Representability problems for coarse-grained water models. J. Chem. Phys. 126, 144509-144519.
10.    C. Malardier-Jugroot and T. Head-Gordon (2007). Separable cooperative and localized translational motions of confined water. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 9, 1962-1971.
11.    T. Head-Gordon and S. Rick (2007). Consequences of chain networks on thermodynamic, dielectric and structural properties for liquid water. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 8, 83-91.
12.    N. Lux Fawzi, Y. Okabe, E.-H. Yap & T. Head-Gordon (2007). Fibril stability and elongation studies of the Alzheimer’s Aβ1-40 peptide. J. Mol. Biol. 365, 535-550