Professor Jonathan Essex
Molecular simulations of biological systems for drug discovery and medical diagnostics
Profile
Professor Jonathan Essex specialises in the application of computer simulations to biological systems, where innovations have the potential to contribute to drug discovery and the development of medical diagnostics.
Computer simulations of molecular systems are a vital component of modern chemistry. Jon’s research group focuses on developing and testing new methodologies to extend the applicability and increase the accuracy of these computational techniques, working with academic and industrial partners in the UK and internationally. Applications include small-molecule pharmaceutical development, as well as antibody structure, function and design, and drug delivery systems.
Jon studied chemistry and completed a DPhil. in molecular simulation at the University of Oxford, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. He returned to the UK to the University of Southampton in 1994 and is now Professor of Computational Systems Chemistry.
His work has been recognised with the Marlow Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2002 and a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2013. He is an editorial board member of the Journal of Computer Aided Molecular Design and an editorial advisor for BMC Chemistry.
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