Short CV
Andela received her PhD from Columbia University in New York in 2013, after which she moved onto a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cambridge, where she was also a Research Fellow of Emmanuel College. She is currently a Junior Group Leader in the聽Department of Physics & Astronomy聽at聽果冻影院.
Research Interests
Andela uses computer simulations to study biological assembly. She is interested in how proteins assemble 鈥渙n-demand鈥 into nanososcale structures that generate the molecular machinery of life. She is also devoted to understanding uncontrolled protein aggregation in the context of neurodegenerative diseases.
Key Publications
- 艩ari膰, A., Buell, A. K., Meisl, G., Michaels, T. C., Dobson, C. M., Linse, S., Knowles, T. P. J. and Frenkel, D. (2016) 鈥樷, Nature Physics 12, 874-880.
- 艩ari膰, A., Chebaro, Y. C., Knowles, T. P. J. and Frenkel, D. (2014) 鈥鈥, PNAS 111, 17869-17874.
- 艩ari膰, A. and Cacciuto, A. (2012) 鈥樷, Physical Review Letters 109, 188101.