Hannah Pollak

Institution: University of Edinburgh

Theme: Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles: Sustaining Life

Department / group: School of Chemistry

Email: H.Pollak@sms.ed.ac.uk

Institution URL: http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/

Personal URL: https://erastova.xyz/

Google Scholar URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=z45miXMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Research interests:

Molecular modelling, molecular dynamics, computational chemistry, geochemistry

Career history:

Education:
PhD in Chemistry (2021 – ongoing) at University of Edinburgh (UK)
MSc in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (2018 – 2020) at University of Perugia (Italy) / Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
BSc in Chemistry (2012 – 2018) at Graz University of Technology /University of Graz (Austria)
Vocational school in Chemistry (2013 – 2015) at Chemieingenieurschule Graz (Austria)

Employment:
Chemical-Technical Assistant (2015-2018) at University of Graz, Institute of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry (Austria)

Active research projects:

Informing Design of Novel Materials for Drug Pollution Remediation through Molecular Modelling

Recent publications:

V. F. Palmisano, C. Gómez-Rodellar, H. Pollak, G. Cárdenas, B. Corry, S. Faraj, J. J. Nogueira. Binding
of azobenzene and p-diaminoazobenzene to the human voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.4. Phys.
Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, Accepted Manuscript.

Master thesis:
Force Field Assessment and Molecular Dynamics of Na+/K+ Conduction
Through a Human Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel (2020)
Supervisors: Juanjo Nogueira, Noelia Faginas Lago, Andrea Lombardi