John S. Perkyns

Department of Chemistry
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun Rd.
Houston, TX 77204-5641

jperkyns@uh.edu
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Education

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Doctor of Philosophy (1990), Master of Science (1985)
Major: Physical (Theoretical) Chemistry
Field of study: Computer models of salts in non-aqueous solvents.
Awards: University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship (1983-1990)
Natural Science and Enginerring Research Council Postgraduate scholarship (1987)

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics, 1983), Bachelor of Arts (Chemistry, 1981)
Awards: Dalhousie University In-course Scholarship (1979)
Dalhousie University Entrance Scholarship (1979)

Selected Recent Publications

• "Peptide Conformations are Restricted by Solution Stability", John S. Perkyns and B. Montgomery Pettitt, J. Phys. Chem., in press.
  
• "Integral Equation Approaches to Structure and Thermodynamics of Aqueous Salt Solutions", John S. Perkyns and B. Montgomery Pettitt, Biophysical Chemistry, 51, 129-46 (1994).
  
• "On the Solubility of Aqueous Electrolytes", John S. Perkyns and B. Montgomery Pettitt, J. Phys. Chem., 98, 5147-51 (1994).
  
• "Investigations into the Common Ion Effect", Claudia V. Valdeavella, John S. Perkyns and B. Montgomery Pettitt, J. Chem. Phys., 101, 5093-5109 (1994).
  
• "Salt Effects in Peptide Solutions: Theory and Simulation", Gail E. Marlow, John S. Perkyns and B. Montgomery Pettitt, Chem. Rev., 93, 2503-2521 (1993).
  
• "A Site-site Theory for Finite Concentration Saline Solutions", John S. Perkyns and B. Montgomery Pettitt, J. Chem. Phys., 97, 7656-7666 (1992)
  

Invited Seminars:

• "Efficient Parallelization of Integral Equation Computer Code, with Particular Application to the KSR1 Allcache Memory Model", Texas Center for Advanced Molecular Computation 'chat' session, Houston, TX. June 2, 1993.
  
• "Problems in the Theory of Salt Solutions", Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Sept. 4, 1992.
  
• "Applying the Theory of Electrolyte Solutions to Biological Systems", Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Aug. 28, 1992.
  

Conference Presentations:

• "Ionic Solubilities and Solvation Thermodynamics from Integral Equation Theoretical Methods", W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, Fourth Annual Retreat. Nov. 12, 1993.
  
• "Application of Integral Equation Methods to Biological Systems", Third Keck Symposium on Computational Biology. Nov 1-3, 1992.
  
• "Achieving Dielectric Consistency in ISM Electrolyte Solutions", W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, Third Annual Retreat. May 22, 1992.