Johan Åqvist

Johan Åqvist (born 1959) is a Swedish biochemist and academic. He is a professor of theoretical chemistry in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Uppsala University and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as of 2023. He also served as chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry between 2021 and 2023.

Johan Åqvist
Åqvist in 2012
Alma materSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Scientific career
InstitutionsUppsala University
ThesisProtein dynamics and interactions (1987)

Biography

Åqvist was born in 1959. Åqvist received his Ph.D. in 1987 from the Swedish University of Agriculture.[1]

He conducts research in the fields of physical chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and medicine. He is one of the authors of the Q software package for molecular dynamics.[2]

In 2009, he was elected into the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[3]

Between 2021 and 2023, he served as chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Protein dynamics and interactions". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. Marelius, J.; Kolmodin, K.; Feierberg, I.; Aqvist, J. (1998). "Q: a molecular dynamics program for free energy calculations and empirical valence bond simulations in biomolecular systems". Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling. 16 (4–6): 213–225, 261. doi:10.1016/s1093-3263(98)80006-5. ISSN 1093-3263. PMID 10522241.
  3. "Five prominent researchers elected to the Academy". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  4. Picheta, Rob; Hunt, Katie (2021-10-06). "Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for 'simple' yet 'ingenious' discovery". CNN. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  5. Engelbrecht, Cora; Ward, Euan; Whang, Oliver (2022-10-05). "Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work 'Snapping Molecules Together'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  6. "The Nobel Committee for Chemistry". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
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