Currently focusing on biological problems, my research interest is in using computer simulation techniques to assist in the generation new hypotheses and models, and also in using computational methods for the analysis of experimental and simulated data. Computer simulation provides a direct route from microscopic details of a system to macroscopic properties and with the advent of more powerful and cheaper computing, the use of molecular simulation to gain atomic level understanding of important biological systems is rapidly increasing. Research in this area involves utilization of molecular dynamics simulations, scientific programming and data analysis, high-performance parallel computing and applied statistical mechanics. Current areas of specific interest are the stabilization and disruption of phospholipid membranes by antifreeze and antimicrobial peptides, and antigen discovery for vaccine development. I am also involved in computational genetics research and am currently working on a publication investigating the behaviour of simulated genomes under varying stochastic and selection processes
