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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Cell Biology,Biophysics,Biophysical Chemistry |
| Keywords | single molecule force spectrocopy, protein aggregation, molecular machines, protein and RNA folding, RFOT theory of glasses |
| Honours and awards | 2019: APS Prize Irving Langmuir Award 2019: Protein Society Hans Neurath Award |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Austin |
| Institution | University of Texas at Austin |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry |
| Homepage | https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/thirumalai |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Rief | E22 Lehrstuhl für Physik (Biophysik), Technische Universität München, Garching |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/12/2009 |
Program(s)
| 2009 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Devarajan Thirumalai is an internationally leading authority in theoretical biophysics. His work has strongly influenced our current view of how proteins and RNA manage to fold into complex three-dimensional nano-machines. In Germany, Professor Thirumalai will develop novel concepts for understanding the single-molecule mechanics of protein folding. |