College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences

Victor Muñoz

Adjunct Professor

Personal Data

Office Phone: 34-91-837-3112 ext 4389
Office Address: Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas - CSIC - Ramiro de Maeztu - 9 Madrid 28040 Spain

Education

  • Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Spain), Bachelor in Biology 1989
  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Master in Biochemistry 1991
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg (Germany), PhD 1995
  • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (Maryland), Postdoctoral Fellow 1996-2000

Research Interests

Biophysical Chemistry; Protein Folding and Design; Protein Engineering; Misfolding, Aggregation and Conformational Diseases (e.g. Alzheimer); Thermodynamics and Kinetics; Fluorescence, Circular Dichroism, NMR spectroscopy and Laser Spectroscopy; Statistical Mechanics and Computational Biology (Structure Prediction)
Maryland Biophysics Program

Major Recognitions and Honors

  • EMBO short-term fellowship, Sept 1991-Jan 1992
  • HFSP (Human Frontiers Science Program) International Post-Doctoral Award, 1996-1998
  • NIH visiting fellow, 1999-2000
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 2000