Education Indiana University (2019) Research Focus Synthesis of lantibiotic Mersacidin Publications Scalable Synthesis of Orthogonally Protected beta-Methyllanthionines by Indium(III)-Mediated Ring Opening of Aziridines. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 2200-2203.
Education B.S. Chemistry -University of Virginia (2016) Research Focus Synthesis of novel antibiotics and fluorophores
Education 2016 – B.S., Saint Mary’s College of Maryland Research Advisors: Craig Streu and Pamella Mertz Project: Design of light sensitive COX-2 inhibitors Research Focus Modification of Bacteria Cell Walls for Scaffolding in Click Chemistry
Education: Indiana University (class of 2019) Research Focus: Synthesis of FDAAs Publications Fluorogenic d-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays. Nat Chem 2019, 11, 335-341.
Education University Of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, Wisconsin Bachelor of Arts May 2010 Major: Cellular and Molecular Biology Minor: French Cumulative GPA: 3.846 (123 credits) University Of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Doctor of philosophy July 2010 – December 2015 Area: Plant physiology Cumulative GPA: 4.0 (51 credits) Presentations 2012 American Society for Microbiology, KY-TN regional meeting – Maryville […]
Education 2015 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana State University, Bloomington Research Advisor: Dr. Adam Zlotnick Research Project: HBV capsid chemical modification to HAP binding pocket. 2014 – AHA Predoctoral Fellow, Montana State University, Bozeman Research Advisor: Dr. Blake Wiedenheft Research Project: Exploring P22 virus-like nanoparticles as a delivery vehicle for biomedical applications. 2014 – PhD, Montana […]
Education M.Sc. Organic Chemistry – Brock University (2015) B.Sc. Chemistry (Honors) – Allegheny College (2013) Research Focus Synthesis and investigation into the mode of action of various macrocyclic peptide antibiotics and the synthesis of novel fluorophores Publications/Patents: Fluorogenic d-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays. Nature Chemistry 2019. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis […]
Education B.S. Chemistry – Shandong University, China (2013) Research Focus Total synthesis of lantibiotic Mersacidin Publications Scalable Synthesis of Orthogonally Protected beta-Methyllanthionines by Indium(III)-Mediated Ring Opening of Aziridines. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 2200-2203. Synthesis of Ag@SiO2 hybrid nanoparticles templated by a Triton X-100)/1-hexanol/cyclohexane/H2O water-in-oil microemulsion. CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 6511.
Education Ph.D., Biochemistry, Indiana University-Bloomington (2018) B.S., Chemistry, National Taiwan University Publications Fluorogenic d-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays. Nature Chemistry 2019. Imaging Bacterial Cell Wall Biosynthesis. Annu. Rev. Biochem 2018, 87, 991-1014. Full color palette of fluorescent D-amino acid for in situ labeling of bacterial cell wall. Chemical Science 2017, 8, […]
Education Ph.D. Biochemistry – Indiana University-Bloomington (2020) B.S. Biochemistry – Arizona State University (2014) Research Focus Novel assay development Publications Mechanisms of Incorporation for D-Amino Acid Probes That Target Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol 2019, 14, 2745-2756. Fluorogenic D-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays. Nat Chem 2019, 11, 335-341. D-Amino Acid […]
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