Johan Åqvist Explained
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 . He also served as chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry between 2021 and 2023.
Biography
Åqvist was born in 1959. 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: 2013 . Protein dynamics and interactions . 27 April 2023 . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- 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 . 10.1016/s1093-3263(98)80006-5 . 1093-3263 . 10522241.
- Web site: 2009-12-16 . Five prominent researchers elected to the Academy . 2023-04-28 . The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . en.
- Web site: Picheta . Rob . Hunt . Katie . 2021-10-06 . Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for 'simple' yet 'ingenious' discovery . 2023-04-28 . CNN . en.
- News: Engelbrecht . Cora . Ward . Euan . Whang . Oliver . 2022-10-05 . Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work ‘Snapping Molecules Together’ . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-04-28 . 0362-4331.
- Web site: The Nobel Committee for Chemistry . 2023-04-28 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.
