Section: Biography

Konstantin Zeldovich, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
   Program in Bioinformatics & Integrative Biology

BIOGRAPHY

Konstantin Zeldovich graduated from Moscow State University in Russia in 1998 with a M.S. in Physics. In 2001, he received his PhD in physics and mathematics also from Moscow State University. His thesis research, supervised by Prof. Alexei Khokhlov, was focused on the theoretical study of gels and adsorbed layers of charged polymers, or polyelectrolytes. Between 2002 and 2004, Dr. Zeldovich was a postdoctoral fellow at the  Institut Curie in Paris, France, where he worked in the area of statistical physics of molecular motors, such as kinesin and myosin in the laboratory of Profs. J.-F. Joanny and J.Prost. Later, from 2004 till August 2008, Dr. Zeldovich was a postdoctoral fellow at the laboratory of Prof. Eugene Shakhnovich at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University. His research there focused on developing novel, physics-inspired models of molecular evolution, as well as protein thermostability and their sequence-structure relationships.

On September 1, 2008, Dr. Zeldovich was appointed tenure-track assistant professor at the Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. His research deals with molecular evolution, and protein folding, stability, and interactions.

Office: LRB 1004
Phone: 508-856-2354
Fax: 508-856-2392
E-mail: Konstantin.Zeldovich@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Biophysics, Protein Folding, Bioinformatics

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