Louie Slocombe

I’m a postdoctoral researcher and lab manager at Arizona State University. I am interested in understanding how life utilises chemistry, by any means necessary, to function. I have a background in theoretical physics and chemistry, and I apply it to biological systems.

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I got my PhD in Quantum Biology from the University of Surrey in 2022, where I worked with Prof. Marco Sacchi and Prof. Jim Al-Khalili. My thesis focused on the role of nuclear quantum effects in biological systems, particularly proton transfer in DNA. After my PhD, I became a Research Fellow in Theoretical Quantum Biology at the University of Surrey, where I worked on open-quantum-systems models of proton transfer in DNA with explicit interactions of the replisome and quantum/classical contributions to ion selectivity in ion channels.

Currently, I am Research Laboratory Manager at Arizona State University’s Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, where I work with Prof. Sara Walker. Specific interest in applying complexity and graph theory to the origins of life. Using assembly theory to measure selection in molecules, patents, atmospheres, and proteins.