Qualifications, memberships, & awards
George D. Watson MPhys (Hons) Ebor., MInstP
Academic qualifications
- PhD Physics
University of York • 2017–2020 (expected)
Supervisors: Agnes Noy, Mark Leake - MPhys (Hons) Theoretical Physics
(with first-class honours)
University of York • 2013–2017
Dissertation: “Probing DNA intercalation through targeted molecular dynamics simulation of ellipticine and anthracene-derived ligands”
Supervisor: Robert Greenall
Memberships
- Member, Institute of Physics (MInstP)
Awards
- Nominated:
Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year,
Physics Awards 2019
University of York • 1 May 2019 - Nominated:
Postgraduate Makes a Difference,
Physics Awards 2019
University of York • 1 May 2019 - Best Talk,
Physics Postgraduate Conference 2018
University of York • 21 September 2018 (Institute of Physics-sponsored prize)
Talks
Internal
- Physics Postgraduate Conference 2018
University of York • 21 September 2018
“Molecular dynamics simulation of supercoiled DNA minicircles”
Winner: Best Talk - Regular Physics of Life Group & Biological Physics Group meetings
University of York • 2018–
Poster presentations
External
- The Physics of Microorganisms
II
Institute of Physics • 8 April 2019
“Atomistic simulations unveil the influence of DNA topology on IHF–DNA interaction”
PDF • Blog - Physics of Life Summer School: New Approaches to Biomolecular Structure,
Dynamics and
Function
Durham University • 16–20 July 2018
“Atomistic simulation of DNA supercoiling”
PDF
Internal
- BPSI Summer Symposium 2018:
Business as Usual?
University of York • 28 June 2018
“The influence of DNA topology on IHF–DNA interaction unveiled by atomic simulations”
PDF - BPSI Spring Symposium 2018: Digital Healthcare
University of York • 28 June 2018
“Atomistic simulation of DNA supercoiling”
PDF
Other conferences attended
- 6th Molecular Microbiology
Meeting
Newcastle University • 17–18 June 2019
Teaching
- Advanced Computational Laboratory (practical demonstration)
University of York • 2018–2019
Supervised, guided, and assisted students developing various programs for physical simulation, in a variety of languages including Fortran, during third-year computational laboratory; led an experiment in single-particle plasma simulation, which included giving a short introductory lecture - Molecular Simulation (practical demonstration)
University of York • 2018
Provided support and assistance to third-year students during molecular dynamics workshop sessions
Outreach
- York Researchers’ Night
(YorNight)
University of York • November 2018
“Meet Your Molecules in VR”
Performed interactive virtual reality demonstrations of biological molecules and 3D visualisation techniques in biophysics to members of the public of various ages and backgrounds at a well attended event
Administration
- Redesigned and maintain the Physics of Life Group website and @PhysLifeYork Twitter account