Teaching

Physical Chemistry, Mathematic Physical Methods (for graduate students), Chemical Measurements (lab session for undergraduate students)

Research Interests

Multi-scaled molecular dynamic simulations for complicated biological and soft matter systems.

Grants

1. Generation of Membrane Curvature and How It Modulates Protein Recruitment，National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2017-2020, 0.65 Billion Yuan.
2. Multi-scaled molecular dynamic simulation for hierarchical self-assembly, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014-2017, 0.8 Billion Yuan.
3. Theoretical simulation on lipid raft mediated transmembrane signaling, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2012-2014, 0.65 Billion Yuan.
4. Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations of interaction between antimicrobial peptides and biomembrane, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2009-2011, 0.3 Billion Yuan.

Selected Publications

1. Formation Mechanism and Properties of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer-Supported ipid Bilayers: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Study, Caixia Wen, † Mingwei Wan, † Xiaoxu Li, † Qiang He, ‡ Lianghui Gao,* ,† and Weihai Fang, ACS Omega 2, 910 ( 2017).
2. Self-assembly of gold nanorods coated with phospholipids: a coarse-grained molecular dynamics study，Mingwei Wan, Xiaoxu Li, Lianghui Gao,* and Weihai Fang，Nanotechnology 27, 465704 (2016).
3. Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations for Phospholipid Membranes Based on a Four-To-One Coarse-Grained Mapping Scheme, Xiaoxu Li, Lianghui Gao,* and Weihai Fang, PLOS ONE 11, 0154568 (2016).
4. Mechanism of Inhibition of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide-Induced Membrane Damage by a Small Organic Fluorogen，Xiaoxu Li, Minwei Wan, Lianghui Gao,* and Weihai Fang, Sci. Rep. 6, 21614 (2016).
5. Nanodomain Formation of Ganglioside GM1 in Lipid Membrane: Effects of Cholera Toxin-Mediated Cross-Linking, Huijiao Sun, Licui Chen, Lianghui Gao,* and Weihai Fang, Langmuir 31, 9105 (2015).
6. Theoretical Insight into the Relationship between the Structures of Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Actions on Bacterial Membranes, Licui Chen, Xiaoxu Li, Lianghui Gao,* and Weihai Fang, J. Phys. Chem. B 119, 850 (2015).
7. Effects of Antimicrobial Peptide Revealed by Simulations: Translocation versus Membrane Corrugation, Licui Chen, Nana Jia, Lianghui Gao*, Weihai Fang, and L. Golubovic, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14, 7932 (2013).
8. The folding dynamics and infrared spectra of a photocleabaged tetrapeptide predicted by theoretical simulations, Tiantian Jiao, Lianghui Gao,* Xuebo Chen, and Weihai Fang, J. Phys. Chem. B 116, 14318 (2012).
9. How the antimicrobial peptides kill bacteria: computational physics insights, Licui Chen, Lianghui Gao*, Weihai Fang, and L. Golubovic, Commun. Comput. Phys. 11, 709 (2012).
10. Semi-bottom-up coarse graining of water based on microscopic simulations, Lianghui Gao* and W. Fang, J. Chem. Phys. 135, 184101 (2011).
11. Self-Assembly of Lamellar Lipid-DNA Complexes Simulated by Explicit Solvent Counterion Model，Lianghui Gao*, Jun Cao, and Weihai Fang, J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 7261 (2010).
12. Theoretical Insight into the Photodegradation of a Disulfide Bridged Cyclic Tetrapeptide in Solution and Subsequent Fast Unfolding-Refolding Events,  Xuebo Chen, Lianghui Gao, Weihai Fang, et al, J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 15 (2010).
13. Communications: Self-energy and corresponding virial contribution of electrostatic interactions in dissipative particle dynamics: Simulations of cationic lipid bilayers, Lianghui Gao* and W. Fang, J. Chem. Phys. 132, 031102 (2010).