Department of Chemistry,

Chevron Science Center,

219 Parkman Avenue,

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Phone: (412) 624-4813

Fax: (412) 624-8611

Email: rol40@pitt.edu

Dr. Laghaei's personal website

Education:

B.Sc.: Chemistry, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 1994

M.Sc.: Physical Chemistry, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 1998

Ph.D.: Physical Chemistry, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany, 2003

Publications:

15. Aggregation process of alpha-Synuclein with molecular dynamics simulations. Rozita Laghaei and Normand Mousseau (in preparation).

14. Structure and Thermodynamics of Human and rat Islet Amyloid Polypeptide with Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Rozita Laghaei, Normand Mousseau and Guanghong Wei, (to be submitted to JACS).

13. The Effect of Disulfide Bond on the Monomeric Structure of Human Amylin Studied by Combined Hamiltonian and Temperature Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Rozita Laghaei, Normand Mousseau and Guanghong Wei, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010; 114 , 7071.

12. Spontaneous formation of polyglutamine nanotubes with molecular dynamics simulations.Rozita Laghaei and Normand Mousseau J. Chem. Phys. 2010; 132, 165102. (This paper has been selected for the May 1, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research and has also been selected for the May 10, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology).

11. Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Coarse-grained Proteins in Implicit Solvent. Yassmine Chebaro, Xiao Dong, Rozita Laghaei, Philippe Derreumaux and Normand Mousseau J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008; 113, 267.

10. Computational studies on thermodynamic properties, effective diameters, and free volume of argon using an ab initio potential. Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad and Rozita Laghaei, J. Chem. Phys 2006; 125, 084510.

9. Theoretical and computational investigations on thermodynamic properties, effective site diameters, and molecular free volume of carbon disulfide fluid. Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad and Rozita Laghaei, J. Chem. Phys. 2006; 125, 154505.

8. Excluded volume in the generic van der Waals equation of state and the self-diffusion coefficient of the Lennard-Jones fluid Rozita Laghaei, Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad, Byung chan Eu, J. Chem. Phys. 2006; 124, 154502.

7. Molecular theory of thermal conductivity of the Lennard-Jones fluid. Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad, Rozita Laghaei, Byung chan Eu, J. Chem. Phys. 2006; 124, 084506.

6. Generic van der Waals Equation of State, Modified Free Volume Theory of Diffusion, and Viscosity of Simple Liquids. Rozita Laghaei, Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad, Byung chan Eu, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005; 109, 5873.

5. Modified Free Volume Theory of Self-Diffusion and Molecular Theory of Shear Viscosity of liquid Carbon Dioxide. Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad, Rozita Laghaei, Byung chan Eu, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005; 109, 8171.

4. Statistical-mechanical theory of rheology: Lennard-Jones fluids, Rozita Laghaei, Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad, Byung chan Eu, J. Chem. Phys. 2005; 123, 234507.

3. Pair Correlation Functions and the Self-Diffusion Coefficient of Liquid in the Modified Free Volume Theory of Diffusion. Rozita Laghaei, Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad, Byung chan Eu, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005; 109, 21375.

2. Prediction of the thermophysical properties of pure neon, pure argon, and the binary mixtures neon-argon and argon-krypton by Monte Carlo simulation using ab initio potentials. Afshin Eskandari Nasrabad, Rozita Laghaei, Ulrich K. Deiters, J. Chem. Phys. 2004; 121, 6423.

1. Calculation of Phase Equilibria of Quantum Gases at High Pressures, Rozita Laghaei Universität zu Köln, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2003. urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-7455