Dongping Zhong
Professor, Dept. of Physics
2142 Physics Research Building
191 West Woodruff Avenue
Columbus, OH
43210-1117
Areas of Expertise
- Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Physics
Education
- Ph.D., 1999, California Institute of Technology, Physics
- Postdoctoral, California Institute of Technology
Research in the Zhong group is directed towards understanding the nature of elementary processes in biological systems. We relate dynamics and structures to functions at the most fundamental level with state-of-the-art femtosecond lasers and molecular biology methods. The laboratory ultimately will have the capability of time resolution from femtosecond to millisecond (second); biological systems can be prepared and studied at the single molecule level. We are currently focusing on studies of molecular recognition and ultrafast protein dynamics of several important biological systems.