RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University delivers critical computational and theoretical modeling frameworks to the project. The group specializes in understanding and simulating complex intra- and inter-molecular interactions across multiple spatiotemporal scales. By employing advanced molecular dynamics simulations, their research maps the behavioral dynamics of biological chains as they interact with engineered nanopores and plasmonic fields. This theoretical baseline provides the structural and predictive metrics essential for optimizing device geometries and understanding single-molecule translocation physics.
RWTH Aachen University Team Members
Prof. Dr. Maria Fyta
Professor in Computational Biotechnology
Researcher Bio: Prof. Dr. Maria Fyta obtained her Ph.D. in Computational Condensed-Matter Physics in 2005. Her academic career includes two prestigious postdoctoral positions in the USA at Harvard University and in Germany at the Technical University of Munich, supported by Marie Curie and Humboldt fellowships. She was appointed as a junior professor in Physics at the University of Stuttgart in 2012 before joining RWTH Aachen University as a full professor in 2021. Modeling nanopores at various micro- and macro-scales has been one of her core research pillars since 2005.
