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Biochemistry
Program
Committee
- Timothy Elgren, Chair, Ph.D. Dartmouth College
Elgren received his Ph.D. from Dartmouth College and brought his expertise in biophysical chemistry to Hamilton in 1993. Elgren's current efforts are focused on the synthesis and characterization of novel bio-active materials. He has used sol-gel encapsulation to stabilize a variety of metalloenzyme. These optically transparent, highly porous materials allow for spectroscopic characterization of the entrapped enzymes. Elgren has received numerous grants and has published articles in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biochemistry, Nano Letters, the Journal of Chemical Education, and The Chemical Educator.
- Wei-Jen Chang Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Biochemistry, bioinformatics.
- Herman
K. Lehman Ph.D., Florida State University
Neurobiology; developmental regulation of neurotransmitter systems
and neuropeptide structure and function.
- Michael L. McCormick Ph.D., University of Michigan
Geomicrobiology; formation, structure and reactivity of biogenic minerals; biological transformation of contaminants by metal-reducing bacteria; characterization of the cell / mineral interface
- George
Shields Ph.D. Georgia Institute of
Technology
Shields' teaching and research focus is computational physical
chemistry and structural biochemistry. His research efforts
have led to numerous publications, including six in
2001. Shields' current research employs the use of computational
methods to gain insight into biochemistry. He also examines
solvation effects to determine better methods for the incorporation
of solvation into computational chemistry.
Contributing
Faculty
- Dave
Gapp Ph.D., Boston University
Endocrinology; comparative endocrinology of gastro-entero-pancreatic
hormonal peptides in reptiles.
- Jinnie
Garrett Ph.D., Texas A&M University
A member of the Hamilton College faculty since 1986, Garrett
earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry and biophysics at Texas A &
M University. Specializing in the molecular genetics of yeast,
with interests in the ethical and social issues associated with
genetic research, she has published articles for the Journal
of Bacteriology, Journal of Cell Biology, and Journal of General
Microbiology. She has been awarded grants from the National
Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and several
private foundations. She is currently investigating the transport
proteins that are actively involved in the uptake of amino acids
in yeast cells.
- Robin
Kinnel Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Organic Chemistry
- Nicole Snyder Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Bio-Organic Chemistry
A member of the Hamilton College faculty since 2007, Snyder attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania where she graduated with B.S. degrees in both chemistry and biology in 2000. While at Westminster College she studied under the direction of Timothy A. Sherwood developing spectroscopic methods for the detection of ergosterol in environmental systems. In 2005, Nicole earned her Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut where she studied under the guidance of Mark W. Peczuh. Her thesis work focused on the synthesis, characterization, and biological evaluation of a number of ring-expanded carbohydrate analogs. After two years as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Nicole began her independent career in 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Her current research interests involve the preparation and characterization of natural and unnatural carbohydrate systems that can be used to study antibiotic resistance and carbohydrate-mediated diseases.
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