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Rovira Virgili, Carme
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ICREA Research Professor at PCB (Parc Científic de Barcelona). Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
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Dr. Rovira is the principal investigator of the group of Quantum Simulation of Biological Processes of the PCB. She did part of her PhD research in USA (North Carolina State University and Southern Illinois University) and obtained her PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona (UB) in 1995. Afterwards, she spent three years (1996-1998) as postdoctoral fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute für Festkörperforschung (Stuttgart, Germany). In 2002, after three years back to the UB, she obtained a Ramón y Cajal position and moved to the PCB. In 2003 she received an award from the Generalitat de Catalunya (“Distinció de la Generalitat per la promoció de la recerca universitaria”, young scientist category) and in 2007 she was appointed as ICREA Research Professor. Dr. Rovira is the author of 85 publications in peer-reviewed journals, mainly in the fields of Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Biology.
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Research Interests
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The research at Dr. Rovira's group is focused on the computer simulation of biological processes at atomic-electronic detail, i.e. using computers to understand how biomolecules work. Her goal is to simulate the molecular mechanisms underlying ligand-protein interactions and enzymatic reactions to help in the design of more efficient enzymes and inhibitors. In the last few years, her research has been focused on hemeproteins (peroxidases and catalases) and glycoside hydrolases and transferases.
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KeyWords
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molecular modeling - ab initio molecular dynamics - hemeproteins - glycoproteins
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