The Ahn Lab aims to investigate important biological systems, materials, and phenomena on an atomic scale using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and to develop enhanced sampling methods for MD simulations, thereby making them true computational microscopes. Specifically, we examine various systems, ranging from proteins to nanoclusters, using the weighted ensemble method (WE) to efficiently sample atomistic pathways and mechanisms. We also develop methods for WE to make it state-of-the-art, with a focus on kinetic sampling. 

The Ahn Lab is currently hiring only Master's students (no Ph.D. students or postdocs and Master's student positions are not with funding). 

One undergraduate student may potentially be hired if he/she/they are interested in developing enhanced sampling methods and/or working on application projects related to materials (NOT biological systems). Interested undergraduate students should email Prof. Ahn with his/her/their unofficial transcript, resume, and a statement of interest in the lab.