1. My Research
Faidon Brotzakis
Computational chemistry PhD candidate - UvA

2. Backround
• Graduate studies at Chemical engineering
department NTUA athens
• Thesis:
“Study of the dynamic relaxation of atactic polystyrene using
MD and rare event methods.”
Supervisor: Doros Theodorou

3. Water dynamics around folded and
misfolded proteins
Anisotropy decay experiments

4. Structure and water dynamics around anti-
freeze protein III

5. Self Assembly of Anti Freeze Cyclic Peptides
into Nanotubes

6. β-lactoglobulin globular protein dimer
association
• Transition Path sampling of rare event dimer association
transition:
-Mechanism