Julio M. Fernandez is Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences

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. Fernandez studied physics in

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, then did his PhD at the

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. He did post-doctorate work in

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and

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. In 1987 he became professor at the Department of Physiology,

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, Philadelphia. Then, he moved to

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to the Department of Physiology and Biophysics,

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. Since 2002 he is professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University. 1996, he received the

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Senior US scientist award. Fernandez was member of a variety of international peer reviewing committees, including at the

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and the

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. From 2003 to 2006 he was chairman of the Biophysical Chemistry Study Section at the NIH. His major research topic is the interplay between mechanics and biology. In this context, he pioneered work to identify folding intermediates in mechanically unfolded proteins. He published a variety of influential articles in major journals, including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Four of his papers are cited more than 300 times, one even more than 1000 times.

External links

* http://fernandezlab.biology.columbia.edu * http://fernandezlab.biology.columbia.edu/people/julio-m-fernandez * http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty-data/julio-fernandez/faculty.html Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Chilean emigrants to the United States Columbia University faculty University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of Pennsylvania faculty {{US-biologist-stub