Mortaza Derakhshani-Molayousefi

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University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2015–2016); Colorado State University (2020)

5 h-index 18 pubs 82 cited

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Mortaza Derakhshani-Molayousefi's research focuses on the computational and theoretical investigation of molecular systems, particularly in areas involving surfactants, molecular dynamics, and chemical reactions. His work has explored the behavior of asphaltenes in the presence of resins and investigated the steric effects on kinetic isotope effects in hydride transfer reactions. He has also studied the shape and mesoscopic assembly of reverse micelles, specifically those formed by AOT.

Recent publications indicate an expansion of his research interests to include biological systems. This includes work on the conformational dynamics of LasR, a protein involved in quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the cholesterol dependence of conformational changes in metabotropic glutamate receptor 1. He has also examined the effect of cholesterol concentration on lipid bilayers. Derakhshani-Molayousefi holds a h-index of 5 with 82 citations across 18 publications.

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h-index: 5
Publications: 18
Citations: 82

Selected Publications

Interplay Between Cholesterol Concentration and Membrane Curvature in Liposomes Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations (2026)

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BPS2025 - Exploring lipid-protein interactions and nucleotide binding in multidrug resistance protein 1: Insights from molecular dynamics and free energy perturbation simulations (2025)

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BPS2025 - Elucidating LasR conformational dynamics: Molecular insights into quorum sensing inhibition in Psedomonas aeruginosa (2025)

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BPS2025 - Optimizing liposomal drug delivery systems through cholesterol dynamics: Insights from coarse-grained simulations (2025)

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Shape of AOT Reverse Micelles: The Mesoscopic Assembly Is More Than the Sum of the Parts (2024)

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Cholesterol Dependence of the Conformational Changes in Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 (2024)

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The effect of cholesterol concentration on planar and spherical lipid bilayers (2024)

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Structural effects of ALS-associated mutations on profilin (2023)

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Cholesterol dependence on the conformational changes of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGLuR1) (2023)

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How to Characterize Amorphous Shapes: The Tale of a Reverse Micelle (2022)

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Characterizing the roles of chemo-mechanical couplings in the differential behavior of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein (2022)

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Structural dynamics of prefusion spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants (2022)

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How to Characterize Amorphous Shapes: The Tale of a Reverse Micelle (2021)

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How to Characterize Amorphous Shapes: The Tale of a Reverse Micelle (2021)

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