Bryce Thurston passes his final defense to become the fifth PhD graduate from the Ferguson Lab. Bryce’s PhD concerned the development of a multi-scale modeling platform for the simulation of the aggregation thermodynamics, kinetics, morphology, and properties of self-assembling pi-conjugated peptides. Bryce’s multi-physics platform incorporated time-dependent density functional theory, all-atom molecular simulation, coarse-grained molecular simulation, and a variety of data-driven modeling tools including Markov state models and quantitative structure property relations. These tools enabled Bryce to understand and ultimately design self-assembling pi-conjugated peptides with applications in biocompatible electronics, medical interventions, and clean energy. Bryce will remain with us until the end of the calendar year before commencing a postdoctoral research position with Drs. Gary Great, Amalie Frishknecht, and mark Stevens at Sandia National Lab. Congratulations, Bryce!
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