Alvin H. T. LEUNG Lecturer
Phone (852) 39436278
Email htaleung(at)phy.cuhk.edu.hk
Office Room 222, 2/F, Science Centre North Block

Education:PhD, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2012
BSc (Hons), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2008
Position:2016-now, Lecturer, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2013-2015, Postdoctoral Researcher, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
Research Interest:Molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules
NMR spectroscopy
Honours and Awards:Croucher Postdoctoral Fellowship (2013)
St John's College Benefactor Scholarship (2008)
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship (2008)
Selected Recent Publications:H. T. A. Leung, O. Bignucolo, R. Aregger, S. A. Dames, A. Mazur, S. Bernèche and S. Grzesiek. A Rigorous and Efficient Method To Reweight Very Large Conformational Ensembles Using Average Experimental Data and To Determine Their Relative Information Content. J. Chem. Theory Comput. (In press)
O. Bignucolo, H. T. A. Leung, S. Grzesiek and S. Bernèche. Backbone hydration determines the folding signature of amino acid residues. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137 (13), pp 4300–4303 (2015)
P. Kukic, H. T. A. Leung, F. Bemporad, F. A. Aprile, J. R. Kumita, A. De Simone, C. Camilloni and M. Vendruscolo. The structure and dynamics of the lymphocyte function associated antigen-1 I-domain in the inactive state underlie its inside-out/outside-in signalling and allosteric mechanism. Structure, 23, 1-9 (2015)
H. T. A. Leung, P. Kukic, C. Camilloni, F. Bemporad, A. De Simone, F. A. Aprile, J. Kumita and M. Vendruscolo. NMR characterisation of the conformational fluctuations of the human lymphocyte function associated antigen-1 I domain. Protein Sci. 23 (11), 1596-606 (2014)