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Thomas C. Jenkins
Department of Biophysics
110 Jenkins Hall
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

410-516-7245 phone
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Dr. Michael Paulaitis
Joint-Appointed Faculty
Professor, Chemical Engineering

Johns Hopkins University
Department of Chemical Engineering
3400 North Charles Street
221 Maryland Hall
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-516-6604 Office
410-516-5510 Fax
michaelp@jhu.edu

Protein Solution Thermodynamics and Protein Separations, Computational Biology and Genomics, Thermodynamic Properties of Polymeric Materials and Proteins, Supercritical Fluids, High-Pressure Phase Equilibria

Selected Publications:

  • Ashbaugh, H. S., Kaler, E. W. and M. E. Paulaitis. "Conformational Equilibria of Polar and Charged Flexible Polymer Chains in Water". Polymer 43. (2002).
  • Chapman, B. R., Paulaitis, M. E. and C. R. Gochanour. "Effect of CO2-Plasticization on Azobenzene Diffusion in Glassy Polystyrene near the Glass Transition". Macromolecules 34. (2001).
  • Ashbaugh, H. S. and M. E. Paulaitis. "Effect of Solute Size and Solute-Water Attractive Interactions on Hydration Water Structure Around Hydrophobic Solutes". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123. (2001).
  • Bossev, D. P., Kline, S. R., Israelachvili, J. N. and M. E. Paulaitis. "Pressure-Induced Freezing of the Hydrophobic Core Leads to a L1-H1 Phase Transition for C12E5 Micelles in D2O". Langmuir 17. (2001).
  • Ferdinand, S., Lesemann, M. and M. E. Paulaitis. "Effect of Pressure on Microstructure of C12E5/n-Octane-in-D2O Microemulsions". Langmuir 16. (2000).
  • Ashbaugh, H. S., Kaler, E. W. and M. E. Paulaitis. "A ‘Universal’ Surface Area Correlation for Molecular Hydrophobic Phenomena". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121. (1999).
  • Cuthbert, T. R., Wagner, N. J., M. E. Paulaitis, G. Murgia, and B. D’Aguanno. "Atomistic Simulations of Penetrant Diffusion in Glassy Polypropylene: Diffusion Mechanisms and Simulation Size Effects". Macromolecules 32. (1999).
  • Kotelyanski, M. J., Wagner, N. J. and M. E. Paulaitis. "Molecular dynamics simulation study of the mechanisms of water diffusion in a hydrated, amorphous polyamide". Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science 9. (1999).
  • Ashbaugh, H. S., Garde, S., Hummer, G., Kaler, E. W. and M. E. Paulaitis. "Conformational Equilibria of Alkanes in Aqueous Solution: Relationship to Water Structure Near Hydrophobic Solutes". Biophys. J. 77. (1999).
  • Garde, S., Hummer, G. and M. E. Paulaitis. "Hydration of the tetramethylammonium ion: From Water Structure to the Free Energy of Hydration." Simulation and Theory of Electrostatic Interactions in Solution 492 1999
  • Garde, S., Hummer, G., Paulaitis, M. E., and A. E. García. "Hydration of biological macromolecules: from small solutes to proteins and nucleic acids." Proceedings of the Materials Research Society 463 1997
  • Garde, S., Hummer, G., and M. E. Paulaitis. "Hydrophobic Interactions: Conformational Equilibria and the Association of Nonpolar Molecules in Water." Faraday Disc. 103 1996

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