David Chatfield
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B. A. 1980 Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, Chemistry
M. A. 1985 Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, German
Ph.D. 1991 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Chemistry
My research interests are at the cross-roads of several fields: chemistry, biology, and physics. The research methods are based on computer simulation - hence the branch of science I pursue is computational chemistry. Areas of research in which I am active are the dynamics of protein side-chains, the development of QM/MM methods for studying chemical reactions in enzymes, and gas-phase reaction dynamics.
D. C. Chatfield and S. E. Wong, Methyl Motional Parameters in Crystalline L-Alanine: MD Simulation and NMR, submitted.
D. C. Chatfield, S. L. Mileke, T. C. Allison, and D. G. Truhlar, Quantized Dynamical Bottlenecks and Transition State Control of the reaction of D with H2: Effect of Varying the Total Angular Momentum, J. Chem. Phys. 112, (2000).
D. C. Chatfield, A. Szabo, and B. R. Brooks, Molecular Dynamics of Staphylococcal Nuclease: Comparison of Simulation with 15N and 13C NMR Relaxation Data, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 5301-5311 (1998).
D. C. Chatfield, K. P. Eurenius, and B. R. Brooks, HIV-1 Protease Cleavage Mechanism: A Theoretical Investigation Based on Classical MD Simulation and Reaction Path Calculations using a Hybrid QM/MM Potential, Theochem 423, 79-92 (1998).