Current Postdoctoral Faculty Fellows
2008-2010 |
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Jesse KarrPh.D. in Inorganic Chemistry University of Maryland, Baltimore County BU Contact Info: 617-358-0292 | jwkarr@bu.edu |
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Dr. Karr co-teaches CH232, Introductory Inorganic Chemistry. He has recently joined the laboratory of Prof. John Caradonna. Dr. Karr received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he did research in the laboratory Dr. Veronika Szalai on the Cu(II) binding site of the amyloid-beta peptide of Alzheimer's disease. |
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2007-2009 |
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Susan C. DeSensiPh.D. in Chemistry Vanderbilt University BU Contact Info: 617-353-5182 | sdesensi@bu.edu |
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Dr. DeSensi is involved in teaching General and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry designed for students in the Chemistry and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology programs. She obtained her doctorate from Vanderbilt University where she combined SDSL-EPR experiments with computational methods to analyze the structure and dynamics of the membrane protein, Band 3, and its P327R Spherocytosis variant. She is currently conducting research in the laboratory of Dr. John Straub where she uses molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the role of hydration in peptide aggregation in AOT reverse micelles. |
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Lauren L. RossiPh.D. in Chemistry Brown University BU Contact Info: 617-358-0933 | lrossi@bu.edu |
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Dr. Lauren Rossi lectures and leads discussions and labs in Organic Chemistry and Intensive Organic Chemistry. She plays a role in directing the CAPSTONE projects in the Intensive Organic Chemistry laboratory. She received her doctorate in organic chemistry from Brown University working with Dr. Amit Basu on the synthesis and evaluation of glycosyl triazoles as glycosidase inhibitors. Her research at Boston University is being conducted in the laboratory of Prof. John Porco where she is doing work on the synthesis and biological evaluation of flavonoid-based compounds. |
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2006-2008 |
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Ki-Young "Suzi" ByunPh.D. in Chemistry Emory University BU Contact Info: 617-353-8810 | byun@bu.edu
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Dr. Byun teaches Freshman General Chemistry and General Chemistry for LIfe Sciences Majors. Her contributions have included demonstrations during lecture (ranging from density of soft drinks to polarized light); talks (on radioactive decay, acid/base equilibria, buffer solutions, Gibbs Free Energy); lectures at weekly discussion sections; and designing chemistry demonstrations illustrating chemical kinetics and chemical catalysis. She is conducting research in Prof. Tom Tullius' laboratory where she is applying new computational methods that identify DNA structural motifs in functional genomic elements within the ENCODE (Encyclopedia Of DNA Elements) regions of the human genome. She is also conducting solvent-accessible surface area calcuations on DNA and RNA crystal structures to analyze hydroxyl radical cleavage patterns. |
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Swapan JainPh.D. in Biochemistry Georgia Institute of Technology BU Contact Info: 617-353-8810 | swapan@bu.edu |
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Dr. Jain has taught General Chemistry (CH 101/102) and Biochemistry (CH 422/423). He is conducting research in the Laboratory of Prof. Tom Tullius where he is focused on understanding the high resolution structure of RNA molecules by using hydroxyl radical footprinting techniques. His Ph.D. research was on on "Investigating Small Molecule Interactions with Nucleic Acid Structures," under the mentorship of Prof. Nick Hud. Inn 2007 he was selected as one of the winners of the Sigma Xi Best PhD Thesis Awards at Georgia Tech.
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