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- Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar
Shasha Chong
Research in the Chong lab interfaces between chemistry, physics, and biology to tackle the molecular mechanisms of fundamental cellular processes. They are interested in intrinsically disordered regions, which compose nearly half of the eukaryotic proteome and perform critical functions in numerous cellular processes without forming stable protein structures. ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry; Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar
Daniel Semlow
The Semlow lab is interested in understanding the origin and repair of DNA damage. They use biochemical and genetic approaches to uncover mechanisms that enable cells to tolerate and repair DNA damage. The lab is also developing analytical tools to explore the DNA adductome and identify sources of genome instability. Their work provides new insights into the processes that drive cancer, aging, and human genetic diseases. ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ
- Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Chemistry; Executive Officer for Biochemistry
Doug Rees
The Rees group's research centers on the structures and mechanisms of complex metalloproteins and integral membrane proteins, particularly those involved in ATP-dependent transduction processes. The metalloprotein work defined the unusual structures of the nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor and the more widespread Mo-cofactor that participate in basic reactions of the biological nitrogen and sulfur cycles, while the membrane protein studies addressed the structural basis of photosynthesis, mechanosensation and ATP dependent transport processes.
- Professor of Chemistry
Hosea M. Nelson
The Nelson Lab is a multidisciplinary research group focused on developing next generation tools for organic chemistry. This goal is pursued through two primary research areas: organic synthesis and structural chemistry.
- Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Merkin Institute Professor; Director of the Jacobs Institute for Molecular Engineering for Medicine
Rustem Ismagilov
The Ismagilov Group combines creativity, science, and technology to tackle global health challenges. Their research focuses on how microbes interact with the human body—ranging from infections to beneficial colonization. To study these complex systems, they develop advanced technologies for high-resolution measurements and computational analyses.
- Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
John F. Brady
The Brady group's research interests are in fluid mechanics and transport processes, with a special interest in problems at the interface between continuum mechanics and statistical mechanics – focusing on fundamental studies of complex fluids.