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Jonah Z. Vilseck

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2007Rising activity
Protein Structure and DynamicsSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Publications

70

Citations

1,985

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2007

Research summary
AI-generated

Jonah Z. Vilseck develops computer-based methods to predict how molecules such as drugs, proteins, RNA, and DNA bind to and interact with each other. A central tool in this work is a simulation technique called "\u03bb-dynamics," which allows many chemical variations to be tested efficiently on a computer. Applications include designing drugs that overcome viral resistance and understanding how genetic variants change protein behavior in disease.

Computational drug design and drug-resistance prediction\u03bb-dynamics simulation methodsProtein-RNA and protein-DNA binding predictionMolecular dynamics of protein structure and variantsBiochemistry of disease-related proteins

Publication activity has grown over the last decade, rising notably in the most recent years (14 in 2025) with a five-year average of about 7.8 per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through June 2027 — about under a year of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH R35GM146888through Jun 2027 · $383k awarded

    Tackling Multifaceted Drug Design Problems with Lambda Dynamics Based Technologies

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,763 mid career Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index
Citations: 1,985cohort median 815
h-index: 18cohort median 12
Publications / year (recent): 7.8cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 13% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 21 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 14 publications14252026: 6 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 2 collaborators at the same institution2023: 3 collaborators at the same institution2024: 5 collaborators at the same institution2025: 6 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation×10
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×8
  • ChemRxiv×6
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B×5
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry×4
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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