Sharon M. Loverde, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Staten Island
Affiliate Faculty, Nanoscience Initiative

Affiliation

College of Staten Island (Profile)

Research Interests

The Loverde laboratory utilizes all-atomistic and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations to investigate properties of soft and biological materials. We are also interested in characterizing the stability of macromolecular assemblies composed by proteins and/or nucleic acids.

Job History

2018 – Current: Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Staten Island
2012 – 2018: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, College of Staten Island
2007 – 2012: NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
2001 – 2007: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

Publications

Title
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Phospholipid Bilayers With Polycaprolactone Michaela Drenscko and Sharon M. Loverde Molecular Simulation, accepted, in press, 2019
Isomeric Control of the Mechanical Properties of Supramolecular Filament Hydrogels Yi-An Lin,Myungshim Kang, Wei-Chiang Chen,Yu-Chuan Ou, Andrew G. Cheetham, Pei-Hsun Wu, Denis Wirtz, Sharon M. Loverde and Honggang Cui Biomaterials Science, 2018, 6, 2216-2214
Glassy Worm-Like Micelles in Solvent and Shear-Mediated Shape Transitions Kaushik Chakraborty, Kandaswamy Vijayan, Andre Brown, Dennis E. Discher, Sharon M. Loverde Soft Matter, 2018
Nucleotide State Effect on the Protofilament Conformation of Tubulin Octamers Anjela Manandhar, Myungshim Kang, Kaushik Chakraborty, and Sharon M. Loverde Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2018, 122, 6164-6178
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Supramolecular Anticancer Nanotubes Myungshim Kang, Kaushik Chakraborty, and Sharon M. Loverde Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2018, 56, 1164-1168
Molecular Mechanism for the Role of the H2A and H2B Histone Tails in Nucleosome Repositioning Kaushik Chakraborty, Myungshim Kang, and Sharon M. Loverde Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2018, 122, 11827-11840
Mihaela Drenscko and Sharon M. Loverde. Characterization of Hydrophobic Collapse of Polystyrene in Water Using Free Energy Techniques. Molecular Simulation, 2017, 43, 234-241
Kaushik Chakraborty and Sharon M. Loverde. Asymmetric Breathing Motions of Nucleosomal DNA and the Role of Histone Tails. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017
Anjela Manandhar, Myungshim Kang, Kaushik Chakraborty, Phu Tang, and Sharon M. Loverde. Molecular Simulations of Peptide Amphiphiles. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15, 7993-8005
Myungshim Kang, Honggang Cui, and Sharon M. Loverde. Coarse-grained molecular dynamics studies of the structure and stability of peptide-based drug amphiphile filaments. Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 7721-7730

Phone Number

718.982.4075

Email

sharon.loverde@csi.cuny.edu

Web Site

https://www.sites.google.com/site/loverdelaboratory/