Anson Noland is a second-year Chemistry PhD student in Rommie Amaro’s lab at UC San Diego. He graduated from Cal State Los Angeles in 2022 with a B.S. in Biochemistry, where he worked on developing a charge penetration model to improve how partial charges are assigned in classical force fields. This began his interest in developing and improving molecular dynamics methods. His current research focuses on extending enhanced sampling methods to computing kinetics for protein-protein interactions, and connecting these simulations to multiscale models of biological systems. Outside of the lab, he enjoys going to Torrey Pines beach, camping, traveling, and playing guitar.