1st AICS International Symposium

March 11-12, 2011

Kobe JAPAN

Organized and Sponsored by RIKEN AICS

Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Chemistry Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-7439, FAX: 517-353-9334, E-mail: feig＠msu.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in Chemistry, May 1999, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA Thesis supervisor: Prof. B. M. Pettitt, Thesis title: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of DNA Diplom in Physics, June 1994, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Thesis supervisors: Prof. Dr. J. Sahm and Prof. Dr. W. Richter, Thesis title: Preparation and Characterization of hydrogen passivated silicon surfaces. Vordiplom in Physics, June 1990, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Vordiplom in Computer Science, June 1990, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany EMPLOYMENT/AFFILIATIONS Visiting Scientist, RIKEN, Wako, Japan, Advanced Science Institute, Theoretical Biochemistry Laboratory (led by Dr. Yuji Sugita) (since January 2011) Associate Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (75%), Chemistry (25%), Computer Science and Engineering (0%, adjunct) (since July 2009) Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (75%), Chemistry (25%), Computer Science and Engineering (0%, adjunct) (September 2003-June 2009) Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, Department of Molecular Biology, in the laboratory of Prof. Charles L. Brooks III (April 1999-August 2003) Research Assistant, University of Houston, Houston, TX, Department of Chemistry, in the laboratory of Prof. B. M. Pettitt (July 1994-March 1999) Visiting Scientist, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, in the laboratory of Dr. Rebecca Wade (June 1998-September 1998) Teaching Assistant, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Department of Physics (October 1990 - June 1993) Instructor at the Control Data Institut to teach UNIX Networking, Berlin, Germany (1991) Software Developer, AEG Softwaretechnik, Berlin, Germany (July 1993 - February 1994) Software Developer, Otis GmbH, Berlin, Germany (1988-1992) AWARDS American Chemical Society Hewlett-Packard Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry, 2007 Michigan State University College of Natural Science Teacher-Scholar Award, 2007 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2005 Sigma Xi Michigan State University Chapter Junior Faculty Award, 2005 NSF CAREER Award, 2005 Shell Graduate Research Excellence Award, 1998 Bayer Inc. Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award, 1997 Robert A. Welch Graduate Fellowship, 1996 University of Houston Alumni Association Student Challenge Award, 1995 University of Houston Chemistry Graduate Scholarship, 1994 http://