Carla Molteni (born February 1966) is an Italian Professor of Physics at King's College London. She works on computer simulations of materials and biomolecules.[1][2][3]
Carla Molteni | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 1966 (age 58) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Milan (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | King's College London University of Cambridge Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research |
| Website | kclpure |
Education and early career edit
Molteni studied physics at the University of Milan.[4] She remained there for her graduate studies.[4] She was originally interested in particle physics, but became more fascinated by material science as she became aware of its impact in designing materials of the future.[5]
Research and career edit
Molteni joined Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research[when?] as a postdoctoral research fellow, working on crystalline glucose.[6] She used the Car–Parrinello molecular dynamics method to study glucose.[7]
Molteni joined the University of Cambridge in 1999 as an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Advanced Research Fellow.[4][8] She was a fellow at New Hall, (now Murray Edwards College)[9] Cambridge.
In 2003 Molteni was appointed a professor of soft matter physics at King's College London.[5] Molteni is a member of the Thomas Young Centre and London Centre for Nanotechnology.[10] She uses density functional theory and classical methods to understand systems such as grain boundaries, liquid crystals, polymers and proteins.[10] She studied polyamorphism in nanocrystals of silicon.[11] Her group have used computational methods to evaluate the interactions of green tea with cardiac muscle and the growth of hexagonal ice.[12][13] They identified the excited states of biological chromophores using many-body perturbation theory.[14][3] She studied the pressure-induced deformations of nanomaterials and how this impacted their optoelectronic properties.[15] Understanding piezochromic effects is important to determine the potential of a material for applications such as stress sensors.[15]
In 2018 she awarded the Italy Made Me prizes for young Italian researchers in the UK.[16] She serves on the board of directors of the Association of Italian Scientists in the UK.[17] She has taken part in Pint of Science.[18]
References edit
- ^ Corsini, Niccolò R. C.; Greco, Andrea; Hine, Nicholas D. M.; Molteni, Carla; Haynes, Peter D. (2013). "Simulations of nanocrystals under pressure: Combining electronic enthalpy and linear-scaling density-functional theory". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 139 (8): 084117. arXiv:1305.5862. Bibcode:2013JChPh.139h4117C. doi:10.1063/1.4819132. ISSN 0021-9606. PMID 24006984. S2CID 35313193.
- ^ Melis, Claudio; Lummis, Sarah C.R.; Molteni, Carla (2008). "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of GABA Binding to the GABAC Receptor: The Role of Arg104". Biophysical Journal. 95 (9): 4115–4123. Bibcode:2008BpJ....95.4115M. doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127589. ISSN 0006-3495. PMC 2567930. PMID 18641081.
- ^ a b Ma, Yuchen; Rohlfing, Michael; Molteni, Carla (2010). "Modeling the Excited States of Biological Chromophores within Many Body Green's Function Theory". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 6 (1): 257–265. doi:10.1021/ct900528h. ISSN 1549-9618. PMID 26614336.
- ^ a b c "King's College London - Prof Carla Molteni". kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ a b "King's College London - Professor Carla Molteni". kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ Molteni, C.; Parrinello, M. (1997). "Condensed matter effects on the structure of crystalline glucose". Chemical Physics Letters. 275 (3–4): 409–413. Bibcode:1997CPL...275..409M. doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00701-X. ISSN 0009-2614.
- ^ "Symposium K | 1995 MRS Fall Meeting | Boston". mrs.org. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "GTR". Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
- ^ "King's College London - Professor Carla Molteni". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ a b "DR CARLA MOLTENI: Thomas Young Centre". thomasyoungcentre.org. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ Molteni, Carla; Martonák, Roman (2005). "Polyamorphism in silicon nanocrystals under pressure". ChemPhysChem. 6 (9): 1765–1768. doi:10.1002/cphc.200400589. ISSN 1439-4235. PMID 16086341.
- ^ Botten, Dominic; Fugallo, Giorgia; Fraternali, Franca; Molteni, Carla (2013). "A Computational Exploration of the Interactions of the Green Tea Polyphenol (–)-Epigallocatechin 3-Gallate with Cardiac Muscle Troponin C". PLOS ONE. 8 (7): e70556. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...870556B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070556. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3726641. PMID 23923004.
- ^ Maxwell, Fulford; Matteo, Salvalaglio; Michele, Parrinello; Carla, Molteni (2016). "A Computational Study of the Growth of Hexagonal Ice". APS March Meeting Abstracts. 2016: M1.182. Bibcode:2016APS..MAR.M1182F.
- ^ Ma, Yuchen; Rohlfing, Michael; Molteni, Carla (2009). "Excited states of biological chromophores studied using many-body perturbation theory: Effects of resonant-antiresonant coupling and dynamical screening". Physical Review B. 80 (24): 241405. Bibcode:2009PhRvB..80x1405M. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.241405.
- ^ a b Corsini, Niccolò R. C.; Hine, Nicholas D. M.; Haynes, Peter D.; Molteni, Carla (2017). "Unravelling the Roles of Size, Ligands, and Pressure in the Piezochromic Properties of CdS Nanocrystals". Nano Letters. 17 (2): 1042–1048. Bibcode:2017NanoL..17.1042C. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04461. hdl:10044/1/44203. ISSN 1530-6984. PMID 28128961.
- ^ "The 2018 Italy Made Me awards for young Italian researchers in the UK". amblondra.esteri.it. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "About us". AISUK. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "Nature at the Nanoscale". Pint of Science. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
