Anna Jean Wirth
Education
Ph.D. in chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; B.S. in chemistry, College of William and Mary
Overview
Anna Jean Wirth is an associate physical scientist at the RAND Corporation. For her graduate thesis work she studied protein dynamics, a multi-disciplinary field encompassing chemistry, biology, and physics. Her most recent work sought to bridge the gap between experiment and simulation of biomolecule dynamics. Her research interests fall in the realms of national security, science and technology policy, and K-12 science education policy. Wirth received her B.S. in chemistry from the College of William and Mary and her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Research Focus
Selected Publications
Wirth, A., Liu, Y., Prigozhin, M., Schulten, K., Gruebele, M., "Comparing fast pressure jump and temperature jump protein folding experiments and simulations," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(22):7152-7159, 2015
Wirth, A., Gruebele, M., "Leaving the test-tube behind: Quinary protein structure and the consequences of crowding in living cells," BioEssays, 35(11):984-993, 2013
Wirth, A., Platkov, M., Gruebele, M., "Temporal variation of a protein folding energy landscape in the cell," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(51):19215-19221, 2013