Prof. Dr. Wonpil Im

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBioinformatics and Theoretical Biology,Biophysics
KeywordsGlycans, Simulation, CHARMM-GUI, Local Structure Alignment, Bacterial Outer Membranes

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBethlehem
InstitutionLehigh University
InstituteDepartment of Biological Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulrich KleinekathöferPhysics and Earth Sciences, Constructor University, Bremen
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2017

Programme(s)

2016Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Im is well known internationally for his contributions to the field of computational biophysics in terms of method development and applications, especially to biological membranes and associated proteins. During his stay in Germany, he will apply his expertise in modeling of bacterial outer membranes to the transport properties of various substrates including antibiotics through the associated membrane pores.