Dr Stefan Auer
- Position: Lecturer
- Areas of expertise: computational biophysics; soft matter physics; statistical mechanics; biomolecular self-assembly; phase transitions; nucleation
- Email: S.Auer@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 8669
- Location: 1.12 Chemistry
- Website: Personal homepage | Centre for Molecular Nanoscience
Research interests
My research is focused on the application of theoretical computational tools developed in soft condensed matter physics to investigate the phase behaviour and transitions of complex systems of biomolecules. From a purely statistical mechanical point of view an ensemble of many peptides and proteins represents a new and important system which should lead to bridge our understanding of colloidal systems, polymers, and proteins. Examples of transitions that I investigated include colloidal crystallization and the aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils. My long term goal is to understand more generally the nucleation and regulation of normal and aberrant self-assembly in biological systems, and how we can functionalise them as nanomaterials.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Research groups and institutes
- Crystallisation and Directed Assembly