Biographical Sketch, Michael H. New

Michael New received his BS in chemistry from Yale University in 1988. From the wilds of New Haven he returned home, to New York City, where he earned a PhD in chemical physics at Columbia University in 1994. In search of the world's worst pastrami sandwich, he then relocated to the left coast where he held a post doctoral position in the UC Berkeley chemistry department until June 1995. After that he took up his present position as a post doctoral researcher at UC San Francisco.

Michael's research interests focus on the basic biophysical processes of life. He has studied the hydrophobic effect in model systems(with Bruce Berne), the primary electron transfer event in the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center (with David Chandler and Raymond Yee) and is now studying transmembrane proton tranport (with Andrew Pohorille). He is also involved in the development of methodologies for the application of classical molecular dynamics to chemically reacting systems and for the study of membranes, monolayers and interfaces under conditions of constant normal pressure and surface tension. Recently, he has also discovered an interest in the application of complexity theory and computer science to the origin of life.

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