Alan C Hicks

Bio

Alan Hicks is the Computational Instrument Scientist (CIS) for Small Angle Neutron Scattering(SANS), applied to biological systems. He received his PhD in Physics from Florida State University, specializing in molecular dynamics simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins in solution and membrane environments. As a postdoctoral researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he built tools to help with experimental planning of biomolecules for SANS experiments and the analysis of flexible protein systems for interpretation of SANS data. As a CIS, he manages the data pipeline for the BER Bio-SANS beamline at ORNL and develops tools for efficient interpretation of biological SANS data. Scientifically, he is interested in understanding flexible macromolecular systems through modeling and simulations and developing techniques for accurately comparing those models to experimental data. He is currently participating in a Lab Directed Research and Development project to develop multi-modal capabilities and multiscale simulations to investigate liquid-liquid phase separation of biomolecules. 

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