Pedro J. Silva

Summary

I was originally raised as en experimental Biochemist. My PhD research centered on the biochemical characterization of the soluble hydrogenase of the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus. Eventually, the research focus broadened to include other metalloproteins from P. furiosus, which were characterized by biochemical, electrochemical and spectroscopic methods (electron paramagnetic resonance, UV-Vis spectroscopy, cofactor analysis, bioinformatics, enzymology, etc.).

After completing my PhD, I became an Assistant Professor at Universidade Fernando Pessoa (Porto, Portugal). My research focus then moved to the computational study of enzymatic and organic reaction mechanisms using quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics methods.

I have been an Academic Editor for PeerJ since September 2015, and Section Editor for its "Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology" section since its creation in February 2018.

Aquatic & Marine Chemistry Atmospheric Chemistry Biochemistry Biogeochemistry Bioinorganic Chemistry Biomolecules Bioorganic Chemistry Biophysical Chemistry Biophysics Catalysis Ecotoxicology Green Chemistry Kinetics & Reactions Microbiology Organometallic Chemistry Pharmacology Photochemistry Synthetic Biology Theoretical & Computational Chemistry Toxicology

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