Curriculum Vitae

 

Alex Morriss-Andrews

 

 

Education

 

 

Publications

 

  1. Morriss-Andrews, A, and Shea, J-E. "Computational Studies of Protein Aggregation: Methods and Applications" Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 66, 643 (2015)
  2. Morriss-Andrews, A, and Shea, J-E. "Simulations of Protein Aggregation: Insights from Atomistic and Coarse-Grained Models" J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, (11), pp 1899 (2014)
  3. Morriss-Andrews, A, Brown, FLH, and Shea, J-E. "A Coarse-Grained Model for Peptide Aggregation on a Membrane Surface" J. Phys. Chem. B. 118, (28), 8240 (2014)
  4. Watson, MC, Morriss-Andrews, A, and Brown, FLH. "Thermal fluctuations in shape, thickness, and molecular orientation in lipid bilayers. II. Finite surface tensions" BioChem. Phys. 139, 084706 (2013)
  5. Morriss-Andrews, A, Bellesia, G, and Shea, J-E. "β-sheet propensity controls the kinetic pathways and morphologies of seeded peptide aggregation" J. Chem. Phys. 137, 145104 (2012)
  6. Morriss-Andrews, A and Shea, J-E. "Kinetic pathways to peptide aggregation on surfaces: The effects of β-sheet propensity and surface attraction" J. Chem. Phys. 136, 065103 (2012)
  7. Morriss-Andrews, A, Bellesia, G, and Shea, J-E. "Effects of surface interactions on peptide aggregate morphology" J. Chem. Phys. 135, 085102 (2011)
  8. Morriss-Andrews, A, Rottler, J, and Plotkin, SS. "A systematically coarse-grained model for DNA, and its predictions for persistence length, stacking, twist, and chirality" J. Chem. Phys. 132, 035105 (2010) [free arXiv version]
  9. Morriss-Andrews, A and Gooding, RJ "Two-electron bound state formation in the t-J-U model for exchange-coupled planes", J. Phys.: Condensed Matter, 19, 386216 (2007) [free arXiv version]

 

Research Talks

 

  1. Peptide aggregation and surface interactions - CG Simulations.University of Calgary. April 16, 2014.
  2. Peptide aggregation and surface interactions. University of Michigan. February 5, 2014.
  3. Peptide aggregation and surface interactions. Workshop on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay. September 12, 2012.
  4. Peptide aggregation on a surface. Materials Research Laboratory, University of California at Santa Barbara. July 14, 2010.
  5. Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of DNA using ellipsoids. 11th Annual Meeting, Northwest Section, American Physical Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada. May 8, 2009.

 

Poster Presentations

 

  1. Junction topological constraints in hairpin ribozyme folding. Biophysical Society 60th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. March 1, 2016.
  2. Coarse-grained simulations of peptide aggregation on surfaces. Biophysical Society 58th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. February 16, 2014.
  3. Coarse-grained simulations of peptide aggregation on surfaces. Gordon Conference: Protein Folding Dynamics, Galveston, TX. January 5-10, 2014.
  4. Coarse-grained simulations of DNA. Frontiers in Biophysics meeting, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada. January 19, 2008.

 

Teaching Experience

 

  1. Sept 12, 2012: Led hands-on workshop on LAMMPS molecular simulation software. Workshop on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay.
  2. Sept-Dec 2012: Teaching Assistant, PHYS 119A Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Undergraduate course, University of California Santa Barbara
  3. Sept-Dec 2010: Grader, CHEM 112A Bio-Physical Chemistry, Undergraduate course, University of California Santa Barbara
  4. Jan-April 2009: Teaching Assistant, PHYS 516 Statistical mechanics of phase transitions and the renormalization group, Graduate course, University of British Columbia
  5. Sept-Dec 2008: Teaching Assistant, PHYS 101 Energy and waves, Undergraduate course, University of British Columbia
  6. Jan-April 2008: Teaching Assistant, PHYS 101 Energy and waves, Undergraduate course, University of British Columbia
  7. Sept-Dec 2007: Teaching Assistant, PHYS 100 Introductory physics, Undergraduate course, University of British Columbia
  8. Jan-April 2007: Grader, PHYS 239 Electromagnetism, Undergraduate course, Queen’s University
  9. Sept-Nov 2006: Grader, PHYS 273 Thermodynamics, Undergraduate course, Queen’s University

 

Awards

 

  1. 2013: UCSB Dean’s Fellowship
  2. 2012: Journal of Chemical Physics Editors' Choice (J. Chem. Phys. 136, 065103)
  3. 2009-2011: NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
  4. 2008-2009: University of British Columbia Faculty of Science Graduate Award
  5. 2008-2009: NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship Extension
  6. 2007: University of British Columbia Faculty of Science Grant Supplement Award
  7. 2007: NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship
  8. 2007: University of British Columbia Graduate Entrance Scholarship (Declined)
  9. 2007: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined)
  10. 2007: Queen’s University Medal in Mathematical Physics
  11. 2006: Queen’s University Nellie & Ralph Jeffery Award in Mathematics
  12. 2006: Queen’s University James H. Rattray Scholarship in Science
  13. 2005-2007: Queen’s University Dean’s Honour List with Distinction
  14. 2005: Queen’s University Queen’s University Appeal Undergraduate Scholarship
  15. 2004: Queen’s University Richard M. Dale Scholarship
  16. 2004: Queen’s University Dean’s Honour List
  17. 2003-2005: Queen’s University Principal’s Scholarship

 

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