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Marina Guenza

Professor
Theoretical Physical Chemistry - Structure and Dynamics of Complex Fluids - Novel Computational Methods
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Fundamental Science, Materials Science Institute
mguenza@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2877
Office: 136 Klamath Hall, 1253 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Research Interests: Coarse-Graining and Multiscale Modeling, Theoretical Chemistry, Machine Learning, Polymer Physics
Website: http://guenzalab.uoregon.edu

Education

M.S., University of Genoa, Italy, 1985 (Angelo Perico). Ph.D., Consortium of the Universities of Genoa, Turin, and Pavia, Italy, 1989. 1989–99 Tenured Researcher, National Council of Research, Italy. 1994 Visiting Scientist at the University of Chicago, James Franck Institute, with Karl F. Freed. 1995–97 Visiting Scientist at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,  with Ken S. Schweizer. 1998-1999 Visiting Scientist, University of Oregon. 2002-2006 Assistant Professor, University of Oregon. 2006-2012 Associate Professor, University of Oregon. 2012 - present, Professor, University of Oregon.

Honors and Awards:

2025 - present, Divisional Associate Editor for Polymer Physics, Physical Review Letters
2018 - present, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2015 University of Oregon Interdisciplinary Research Award
2015 University of Oregon Faculty Excellence Award
2011 - present, Fellow of the American Physical Society
2010-2013 Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules
1985-1988, Italian Ministry of Public Instruction fellow
Memberships: American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Biophysical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Research

The Guenza group studies the structure and dynamics of complex macromolecular liquids using equilibrium, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and advanced computational methods. For more details see our webpage.
 

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Publications

Research Gate Profile

Recent Publications:

M. Kruteva, J. Allgaier, M. G. Guenza, R. Valiullin, I. Hoffmann, and D. Richter "Reptation and Beyond: Neutron Spin Echo Experiments verify the Fundamental Predictions of the Cooperative-Dynamics Generalized Langevin Equation (CDGLE) Theory" Physical Review Letters 2026 (accepted).

J. M. Hall, and M. G. Guenza "Coarse-Grained Force Field via Rotational Entropy Corrections to Free Energy Landscapes of Diffusing Molecules" Physical Review E. 111, 065304 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.065304 .

M. G. Guenza, J. M. Hall, and A. H. Batelaan "Capturing Atomistic Dynamics of Macromolecules via Coarse-Grained Modeling" in Computational Methods for the Multiscale Modeling of Soft Matter, P. Carbone and N. Clarke Eds., Elsevier (2025).

M. G. Guenza  "Everything You Wanted to Know About Coarse-Graining and Never Dared to Ask" WIREs Computational Molecular Science 15:e70022 (2025) https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcms.70022 .

J. M. Hall, and M. G. Guenza "Generalized Einstein relation for Markovian friction coefficients from molecular trajectories"  Physical Review Letters 134, 147101 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.147101 .

R. Amaro et al. “The need to implement FAIR principles in biomolecular simulations” Nature Methods 22, 641-645 (2025)  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02635-0 .

M. G. Guenza  "Cooperative polymer dynamics at the crossover between the unentangled and the entangled regimes: theoretical predictions of scattering and linear shear relaxation for polyethylene melts.” Macromolecules 57, 9651-9667 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01442 .

M. Dinpajooh, J. Millis, J. Donley, and M. G. Guenza "Chemical Potential of a Flexible Polymer Liquid in a Coarse-Grained Representation" The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128 (5), 1275-1288 (2024). Cover paper: https://pubs.acs.org/toc/jpcbfk/128/5 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c06795 .

M. G. Guenza “Dynamics of protein droplets revealed by bridging multiple scales” Nature, 619, 700 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02215-2 .

M. G. Guenza "Anomalous Dynamics in Macromolecular Liquids" Polymers 14(5), 856 (2022) https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/5/856 .

 

 

 

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