Johan Åqvist (born 1959) is a Swedish biochemist and academic. He is a professor of theoretical chemistry in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Uppsala University and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as of 2023[update]. He also served as chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry between 2021 and 2023.
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Alma mater | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Uppsala University |
Thesis | Protein dynamics and interactions (1987) |
Biography
editÅqvist was born in 1959.[citation needed] Åqvist received his Ph.D. in 1987 from the Swedish University of Agriculture.[1]
He conducts research in the fields of physical chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and medicine. He is one of the authors of the Q software package for molecular dynamics.[2]
In 2009, he was elected into the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[3]
Between 2021 and 2023, he served as chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Protein dynamics and interactions". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Marelius, J.; Kolmodin, K.; Feierberg, I.; Aqvist, J. (1998). "Q: a molecular dynamics program for free energy calculations and empirical valence bond simulations in biomolecular systems". Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling. 16 (4–6): 213–225, 261. doi:10.1016/s1093-3263(98)80006-5. ISSN 1093-3263. PMID 10522241.
- ^ "Five prominent researchers elected to the Academy". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ Picheta, Rob; Hunt, Katie (2021-10-06). "Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for 'simple' yet 'ingenious' discovery". CNN. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ Engelbrecht, Cora; Ward, Euan; Whang, Oliver (2022-10-05). "Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work 'Snapping Molecules Together'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ "The Nobel Committee for Chemistry". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
External links
edit- Johan Åqvist publications indexed by Google Scholar