If you’ve ever checked a weather report or turned a map upside down to orient it, then you know the value of a good model. So does George Schatz, the Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. He is among the leading authorities on developing computer models and simulations used by researchers to help explain and predict the properties of things like DNA or nanoparticles. SiS asked him to tell us more about his work.
by Jennifer Cline, Science in Society
