Erich Vorpagel, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, WR Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, MSCF Visualization & User ServicesDual Assignment
WR Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory / Molecular Sciences Software
Current Activities and Projects
- Manages the Computational Grand-Challenge projects on the MSCF supercomputer
- Supports visualization and molecular modeling software available to EMSL users
- Collaborates on several computational biochemistry projects
Research Interests
Application of computer aided simulation models and analytic techniques to chemical problems. This includes:
- intermolecular interactions of small and macromolecules
- molecular dynamics
- electronic structures of molecules, ions, and radicals.
Prediction of chemical reactivity and biological activity using
- quantitative structure-activity relationships
- application of artificial intelligence technology.
Past Experience
-Process development chemist for Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburg, California.
-Research chemist at The Du Pont Company, Wilmington, Delaware.
-Project manager QSAR software at Biosym Technologies, San Diego, California.
-Principal Scientist for Molecular Simulations Inc., San Diego, California.
Education
Dr. Vorpagel received a B.S. degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry from U.C. Davis in 1973 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from U.C. Berkeley in 1981. His research thesis involved both experimental and theoretical studies of substituent effects on acidities of aromatic hydrocarbons.
