Prof. Dr. Cecilia Clementi

Cecilia Clementi

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Physik
Arnimallee 14
14195 Berlin
Phone: +1-832-876-2365
E-mail: Cecilia.Clementi@fu-berlin.de



Position and Status

Professor of Physics (W3) at Freie Universität Berlin from June 1, 2020
Currently: Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, Houston, TX USA 
and Einstein Visiting Professor at Freie Universität Berlin


Scholarships and awards

2016 - present - co-Director of NSF-funded Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI)
2016 - 2019 - Einstein Visiting Fellowship, Einstein Foundation, Berlin, Germany
2014 - Hamill Innovation award, Rice University, Houston, TX USA
2009 - Welch Foundation Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research
2007 - Hamill Innovation award, Rice University, Houston, TX USA
2004 - 2009 - NSF-CAREER award
2001 - 2004 - Norman Hackerman Welch Young Investigator award
1998 - 2001 - La Jolla Interfaces in Science (LJIS) fellowship
1995 - 1998 - SISSA research scholarship



University training and degree

10/1995 - 10/1996 - Master program in Physics at the International School for Advanced Studies, in Trieste, Italy
09/1990 - 02/1995 - Bachelor program in Physics at the University of Florence, Italy

 

Advanced academic qualifications

1998 - PhD in Physics, International School for Advanced Studies, in Trieste, Italy

 

Postgraduate professional career

07/2009 - present - Full Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, Houston TX USA
07/2007 - 07/2009 - Associate Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, Houston TX USA
10/2001 - 07/2007 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, Houston TX USA
10/1998 - 09/2001 - Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA

Coordinating functions and editorial work

2016 - present - co-Director of NSF-funded Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI)
2015 - present - UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), Scientific Advisory Board Member
2015 - present - associated editor of J. Chem. Theory Comput.
2008 - 2012 - International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), Review Committee for Fellowships
2008 - 2010 - Volkswagen Foundation, Scientific Board Panel Member

Most important publications

  1. J. Wang, S. Olsson, C. Wehmeyer, A. Perez, N. E. Charron, G. de Fabritiis, F. Noé, C. Clementi (2019) Machine Learning of coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Force Fields.
    ACS Cent. Sci., 2019, 5, 5, 755-767.

  2. J. Chen, J. Chen, G. Pinamonti, C. Clementi (2018) Learning effective molecular models from global observables. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 14 (7), 3849–3858

  3. S. Olsson, H. Wu, F. Paul, C. Clementi, and F. Noé (2017) Combining experimental and simulation data of molecular processes via augmented Markov models. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114 (31), 8265-8270

  4. F. Noé, C. Clementi (2017) Collective variables for the study of long-time kinetics from molecular trajectories: theory and methods. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 43, 141-147

  5. J. Preto, C. Clementi (2014) Fast Recovery of Free Energy Landscapes via Diffusion-Map-directed Molecular Dynamics. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16 19181-19191

  6. M.A. Rohrdanz, W. Zheng, M. Maggioni, C. Clementi (2011) Determination of reaction coordinates via locally scaled diffusion map. J. Chem. Phys. 134, 124116

  7. C. Clementi (2008) Coarse-Grained Models of Protein Folding. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 18, 10-15

  8. S. Matysiak, C. Clementi (2006) Minimalist protein model as a diagnostic tool for misfolding and aggregation. J. Mol. Biol. 363, 297-308

  9. P. Das, M. Moll, H. Stamati, L.E. Kavraki, C. Clementi (2006) Low-dimensional free energy landscapes of protein folding reactions by nonlinear dimensionality reduction. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 9885- 9890

  10. P. Das, S. Matysiak, C. Clementi (2005) Balancing energy and entropy: A minimalist model for the characterization of protein folding landscapes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 10141-10146