Dan Willenbring

Current

• Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Past

• Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Graduate Student Researcher at UC Davis
• Undergraduate Researcher at University of St Thomas

• Software Developer at Advanced Controlled Electromechanics

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Education

• University of California, Davis
• University of Saint Thomas

Connections

22 connections

Industry

Research

Websites

• Personal Blog and Photos

Dan Willenbring’s Summary

Computational chemist with a background in synthetic chemistry and computer science. Facilitated collaborations between computational and synthetic chemists, elucidating synthetic and biological reaction mechanisms using quantum mechanics. Provided computational support for several drug design projects using molecular docking and chemical shape-space analysis. Interested in the development of novel therapeutics using computational chemistry.

Dan Willenbring’s Specialties:

MD simulations, free energy calculations, QM, QM/MM, KIE (Gaussian 03 suite of programs), docking and conformer analysis (Autodock and OpenEye suite of programs), relational database design (MySQL, Oracle), programming, scripting and typesetting (Java, C++, Perl, LaTeX)

Dan Willenbring’s Experience

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  March 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Postdoctoral Associate

  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  September 2008 — March 2009 (7 months)

• Graduate Student Researcher

  UC Davis

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 2003 — September 2008 (5 years 4 months)

• Undergraduate Researcher

  University of St Thomas

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years)

  Synthesized and analyzed small organic molecules

• Software Developer

  Advanced Controlled Electromechanics

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years)

Dan Willenbring’s Education

• University of California, Davis

  Ph.D. , Chemistry , 2003 — 2008

• University of Saint Thomas

  B.A. , Quantitative Methods and Computer Science, Chemistry , 1999 — 2003

Additional Information

Dan Willenbring’s Websites:

• Personal Blog and Photos

Dan Willenbring’s Interests:

photography, linux, health, nutrition, running, cycling, kayaking, travel

Dan Willenbring’s Groups:

American Chemical Society

•    American Chemical Society
•    Computational Biology
•    Biotech & Pharma Professionals Network
•    Computational Chemists
•    Connect Greenfield

Dan Willenbring’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch