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I am a Graduate Student at Department of Physics, Kent State University. I am working with Prof. John J. Portman, since Fall 2005 for my doctoral thesis. My research interests lie in the general area of molecular biological physics. I use the basic theoretical knowledge from statistical mechanics, soft condensed matter physics and physical chemistry in my research. Main focus of the current research is to develop analytical models and computational approaches to understand the interplay of structure, function and dynamics of proteins.

Selected Publications:

• Inherent flexibility determines the transition mechanism of the EF-hands of calmodulin,  Swarnendu  Tripathi and John J. Portman, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 2104-2109 (2009) [Abstract/Fulltext].
• Inherent flexibility and protein function: The open/closed conformational transition in the N-terminal domain of calmodulin, Swarnendu  Tripathi and John J. Portman, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 205104 (2008) [Abstract/Fulltext] [Evaluations by Faculty of 1000 Biology].