Kim Wong
Ph. D. Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin
Bio:
Dr. Kim Wong joined the Voth Group in 2004. Kim's research within the Voth Group centers on proton
transport in biological systems. While at University of Texas, Kim researched the development of mixed
quantum-classical methods for the simulation of nonadiabatic phenomena occuring in condensed
matter enviroments. His research also focused on Quantum decoherence within the mixed quantum-
classical representation and the characterization of the photophysical properties of light-emitting
conjugated polymers utilizing semiempirical quantum chemistry methods.
Latest Publications:
- K. F. Wong, T. Selzer, S. J. Benkovic, and S. Hammes-Schiffer, “Impact of distal mutations on the
network of coupled motions correlated to hydride transfer in dihydrofolate reductase,"
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA (in press). - A. Sergi, J. B. Watney, K. F. Wong, and S. Hammes-Schiffer, "Freezing a single distal motion in
dihydrofolate reductase," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (submitted). - K. F. Wong, J. B. Watney, and S. Hammes-Schiffer, "Analysis of electrostatics and correlated
motions for hydride transfer in dihydrofolate reductase," J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 12231-12241 (2004). - K. F. Wong, B. Bagchi, and P. J. Rossky, “Distance and Orientation Dependence of Excitation
Transfer Rates in Conjugated Systems: Beyond the Förster Theory,”J. Phys. Chem. A, 108, 5752 (2004). - K. F. Wong and P. J. Rossky, “Solvent-Induced Electronic Decoherence: Configuration Dependent
Dissipative Evolution for Solvated Electron Systems,” J. Chem. Phys., 116, 8429 (2002).