Dr. Marcus Weber
Head of the Research Group
Computational Drug Design, ZIB
Homepage: www.zib.de/weber
Since 2006 Head of the Research Group Computational Drug Design
2006 Dissertation in Mathematics, Freie Universität Berlin
Since 2001 Scientific assistant at Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)
1999 - 2001 System analyst and consultant, TEAM GmbH, Paderborn
1999 Industrial placement, production planning, Saertex GmbH & Co. KG, Saerbeck
1999 Diploma degree in Mathematics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
1993 - 1999 Student of Mathematics in Münster, Chemistry as minor field of studies
1992 - 1993 Student of Chemistry in Münster
1991 - 1992 Cilivilan Service, Juist
1972 born in Emsdetten
Cooperative Research Activities
BMBF-Center for Genome Based Bioinformatics in Berlin (2001-2006): “Conformation Dynamics
and Virtual Screening”
DFG-reasearch center M
ATHEON,
project A4: “Towards a mathematics of biomolecular flexibility”,
project A13: “Meshless Methods for the Chemical Master Equation”
SFB-765 „Multivalenz als Ordnungsprinzip”, computation of entropy differences (main application
phase)
SFB-802 „Carrier Mediated Transport of Drugs and Endogenous Active Agents”, conformation
dynamics simulations (second pre-application phase)
Major Research Areas
Conformation dynamics, computational drug design, Markov chains and processes, global
optimization, sampling techniques, cluster analysis, coarse-graining methods.
Awards
1991 „Bester Chemie-Abiturient“, Buchpreis des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie