[2009] ACS Spring National Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah - March 2009, Session of Modeling of Chemical Processess, “Fatty Acid Induced Toxicity: Interactions with the Lipid Bilayer” [2008] AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - November 2008. “Molecular Insight on the Molecular Mechanisms for the Biological Activity of Dendritic Amphiphiles on Biological Membranes” Symposium on Ice and Water at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido, Japan - September 2008, “Molecular Insight into the Role of Xenon and Xenon Hydrates in the Stability of Model Biological Membranes” Structural Biology Symposium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia - March 2008, “Modeling of Lipid Bilayers Toward Understanding the Biological Functions of Cell Membranes” Colorado School of Mines, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Golden, Colorado - February 2008, “Molecular Modeling as an Enabling Tool in the Study of Molecular Thermodynamics and Biophysical Interactions” [2007] AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah - November 2007. “Experimental and Computational Investigation of Trehalose Protection from Palmitate Induced Toxicity of HepG2 Cells” and “Phase Transition Studies of Lipid Bilayers in the Presence of Sugar Molecules” West Virginia University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Morgantown, West Virginia - October 2007, “Molecular Studies of Complex Systems: From Lipid Bilayer to Clathrate Hydrate Structures” University of Virginia, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Charlottesville, Virginia - October 2007, “Molecular Studies of Complex Systems: From Lipid Bilayer to Clathrate Hydrate Structures” 48th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids (ICBL), Turku, Finland - September 2007, “Molecular Insight on the Molecular Mechanisms for the Biological Activity of Dendritic Amphiphiles on Biological Membranes” Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland - September 2007, Summer School: Computational Modeling of Carbohydrates and Proteins in Lipid Membranes. “The Role of Carbohydrates in the Phase Behavior of Lipid Bilayers” Colorado School of Mines, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Golden, Colorado - April 2007, “Characterization of the Phase Behavior of Phospholipid Bilayers” [2006] AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California - November 2006, “Characterization of the Phase Behavior of Phospholipid Bilayers” and “Simulation Studies of the Stability of Phospholipid Bilayers in Clathrate Hydrates” University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, London, Canada - October 2006, “Molecular Studies of Complex Systems: From Lipid Bilayer to Clathrate Hydrate Structures” Virginia Tech, Department of Chemistry, Blacksburg, Virginia - October 2006, Highlands in Chemistry Seminar Series: “Molecular Modeling of Phospholipid Bilayers as a Probe for Biophysical Processes” NanoFocUL 2006 Workshop at ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee - August 2006, “Atomistic Simulations of Biomolecular Systems in the Study of Diffusional and Phase Transition Processes” Biophysical Society 50th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah - February 2006, “Insight into the Mechanism of Thermosensation Induced by Chemosensory Compounds” [2005] AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio - November 2005, “Structural and Dynamic Properties of Mixed Bilayer Systems with Cryoprotectants” and “Spicying-up Simulations of Phospholipid Bilayers” Symposium on Computational Methods in Drug Design, Riva-San Vitale, Switzerland - April 2005, “Molecular Simulation Study of the Influence of Small Molecules on the Dynamics and Structural Properties of Phospholipid Bilayers” Biophysical Society 49th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California - February 2005, “A Molecular Simulation Approach to Structural and Phase Transition Properties of Phospholipid Bilayers” [2004] 10th Int. Conf. on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design, Snowbird, Utah - May 2004, “Preservation of Cell Membranes: A Molecular Perspective on the Structure and Stability of Phospholipid Bilayers” Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Virginia - March 2004, Department of Chemical Engineering: “Stability and Structure of Phospholipid Bilayer Systems: A Molecular Perspective on the Mechanisms of Preservation” University of South Carolina, South Carolina - March 2004, Department of Chemical Engineering: “Stability and Structure of Phospholipid Bilayer Systems: A Molecular Perspective on the Mechanisms of Preservation” Tulane University, Louisiana - January 2004, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering: “Stability and Structure of Phospholipid Bilayer Systems: A Molecular Perspective on the Mechanisms of Preservation” [2003] 15th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Colorado - June 2003, “Molecular Insights Into Cryoprotectant Interactions With Phospholipid Bilayers” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California - June 2003, “Molecular Insights Into Cryoprotectant Interactions With Phospholipid Bilayers” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California - November 2003, “Stabilization of Lipid Bilayer Systems by Protectants: A Molecular Perspective on their Mechanisms of Action” and “Stability and Mechanical Properties of Phospholipid Bilayers” [2002] AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana - November 2002, “Molecular Design of Triacylglycerols from Ab Initio-Based Force-Fields and Molecular Simulations” and “Molecular Study of Hydrated Clay Minerals” “Molecular Studies of the Role of Protectants in Cryopreservation and Lyophilization of Biological Systems” University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts - April 2002, “Advanced Computational Chemistry Methods for the Study of Complex Fluids and Materials” Texas A&M, College Station, Texas - January 2002, “Advanced Computational Chemistry Methods for the Study of Complex Fluids and Materials” [2001] AIChE Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada - November 2001, “A Complete Prediction of the Phase Behavior for Hydrogen Fluoride and Methyl Fluoride” and “Phase Behavior Predictions of the Acetonitrile-Methanol System” [2000] AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California - November 2000, “Ab Initio Pair Interaction Potentials of Acetonitrile and Methanol for Phase Equilibria Predictions” Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulations (FOMMS), Colorado - July 2000, “Molecular Simulations for Acetonitrile and Methanol Based on Ab Initio Plus Polarizable Potential” University of Delaware Research Review, Newark, Delaware - February 2000, Department of Chemical Engineering: “From Molecules to Thermodynamics Properties: Bridging Worlds with Computational Chemistry” [1998] AIChE Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida - November 1998, “A Novel Approach to Phase Equilibria Predictions Using Ab Initio Methods” University of Delaware Research Review, Newark, Delaware - June 1998, Department of Chemical Engineering: “A Novel Approach to Phase Equilibria Predictions Using Ab Initio Methods” 8th Int. Conf. on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands - April 1998, “Use of Ab Initio Methods to Make Phase Equilibria Predictions Using Activity Coefficient Models”

PRESENTATIONS

[2009]

•ACS Spring National Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah - March 2009, Session of Modeling of Chemical Processess, “Fatty Acid Induced Toxicity: Interactions with the Lipid Bilayer”

[2008]

•AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - November 2008. “Molecular Insight on the Molecular Mechanisms for the Biological Activity of Dendritic Amphiphiles on Biological Membranes”
•Symposium on Ice and Water at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido, Japan - September 2008, “Molecular Insight into the Role of Xenon and Xenon Hydrates in the Stability of Model Biological Membranes”
•Structural Biology Symposium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia - March 2008, “Modeling of Lipid Bilayers Toward Understanding the Biological Functions of Cell Membranes”
•Colorado School of Mines, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Golden, Colorado - February 2008, “Molecular Modeling as an Enabling Tool in the Study of Molecular Thermodynamics and Biophysical Interactions”

[2007]

•AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah - November 2007. “Experimental and Computational Investigation of Trehalose Protection from Palmitate Induced Toxicity of HepG2 Cells” and “Phase Transition Studies of Lipid Bilayers in the Presence of Sugar Molecules”
•West Virginia University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Morgantown, West Virginia - October 2007, “Molecular Studies of Complex Systems: From Lipid Bilayer to Clathrate Hydrate Structures”
•University of Virginia, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Charlottesville, Virginia - October 2007, “Molecular Studies of Complex Systems: From Lipid Bilayer to Clathrate Hydrate Structures”
•48th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids (ICBL), Turku, Finland - September 2007, “Molecular Insight on the Molecular Mechanisms for the Biological Activity of Dendritic Amphiphiles on Biological Membranes”
•Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland - September 2007, Summer School: Computational Modeling of Carbohydrates and Proteins in Lipid Membranes. “The Role of Carbohydrates in the Phase Behavior of Lipid Bilayers”
•Colorado School of Mines, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Golden, Colorado - April 2007, “Characterization of the Phase Behavior of Phospholipid Bilayers”

[2006]

•AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California - November 2006, “Characterization of the Phase Behavior of Phospholipid Bilayers” and “Simulation Studies of the Stability of Phospholipid Bilayers in Clathrate Hydrates”
•University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, London, Canada - October 2006, “Molecular Studies of Complex Systems: From Lipid Bilayer to Clathrate Hydrate Structures”
•Virginia Tech, Department of Chemistry, Blacksburg, Virginia - October 2006, Highlands in Chemistry Seminar Series: “Molecular Modeling of Phospholipid Bilayers as a Probe for Biophysical Processes”
•NanoFocUL 2006 Workshop at ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee - August 2006, “Atomistic Simulations of Biomolecular Systems in the Study of Diffusional and Phase Transition Processes”
•Biophysical Society 50th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah - February 2006, “Insight into the Mechanism of Thermosensation Induced by Chemosensory Compounds”

[2005]

•AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio - November 2005, “Structural and Dynamic Properties of Mixed Bilayer Systems with Cryoprotectants” and “Spicying-up Simulations of Phospholipid Bilayers”
•Symposium on Computational Methods in Drug Design, Riva-San Vitale, Switzerland - April 2005, “Molecular Simulation Study of the Influence of Small Molecules on the Dynamics and Structural Properties of Phospholipid Bilayers”
•Biophysical Society 49th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California - February 2005, “A Molecular Simulation Approach to Structural and Phase Transition Properties of Phospholipid Bilayers”

[2004]

•10th Int. Conf. on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design, Snowbird, Utah - May 2004, “Preservation of Cell Membranes: A Molecular Perspective on the Structure and Stability of Phospholipid Bilayers”
•Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Virginia - March 2004, Department of Chemical Engineering: “Stability and Structure of Phospholipid Bilayer Systems: A Molecular Perspective on the Mechanisms of Preservation”
•University of South Carolina, South Carolina - March 2004, Department of Chemical Engineering: “Stability and Structure of Phospholipid Bilayer Systems: A Molecular Perspective on the Mechanisms of Preservation”
•Tulane University, Louisiana - January 2004, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering: “Stability and Structure of Phospholipid Bilayer Systems: A Molecular Perspective on the Mechanisms of Preservation”

[2003]

•15th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Colorado - June 2003, “Molecular Insights Into Cryoprotectant Interactions With Phospholipid Bilayers”
•Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California - June 2003, “Molecular Insights Into Cryoprotectant Interactions With Phospholipid Bilayers”
•AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California - November 2003, “Stabilization of Lipid Bilayer Systems by Protectants: A Molecular Perspective on their Mechanisms of Action” and “Stability and Mechanical Properties of Phospholipid Bilayers”

[2002]

•AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana - November 2002, “Molecular Design of Triacylglycerols from Ab Initio-Based Force-Fields and Molecular Simulations” and “Molecular Study of Hydrated Clay Minerals” “Molecular Studies of the Role of Protectants in Cryopreservation and Lyophilization of Biological Systems”
•University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts - April 2002, “Advanced Computational Chemistry Methods for the Study of Complex Fluids and Materials”
•Texas A&M, College Station, Texas - January 2002, “Advanced Computational Chemistry Methods for the Study of Complex Fluids and Materials”

[2001]

•AIChE Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada - November 2001, “A Complete Prediction of the Phase Behavior for Hydrogen Fluoride and Methyl Fluoride” and “Phase Behavior Predictions of the Acetonitrile-Methanol System”

[2000]

•AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California - November 2000, “Ab Initio Pair Interaction Potentials of Acetonitrile and Methanol for Phase Equilibria Predictions”
•Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulations (FOMMS), Colorado - July 2000, “Molecular Simulations for Acetonitrile and Methanol Based on Ab Initio Plus Polarizable Potential”
•University of Delaware Research Review, Newark, Delaware - February 2000, Department of Chemical Engineering: “From Molecules to Thermodynamics Properties: Bridging Worlds with Computational Chemistry”

[1998]

•AIChE Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida - November 1998, “A Novel Approach to Phase Equilibria Predictions Using Ab Initio Methods”
•University of Delaware Research Review, Newark, Delaware - June 1998, Department of Chemical Engineering: “A Novel Approach to Phase Equilibria Predictions Using Ab Initio Methods”
•8th Int. Conf. on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands - April 1998, “Use of Ab Initio Methods to Make Phase Equilibria Predictions Using Activity Coefficient Models”