Current Postdoctoral Faculty Fellows
2008-2010 |
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Christina Crecca Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry University of Florida BU Contact Info: 617-353-5182 | crecca@bu.edu
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Dr. Crecca is teaching CH171 which is a course primarily for students in the allied health professions. It includes Organic chemistry, including structure, stereochemistry, and reactions of carbon compounds and emphasizes compounds of biochemical interest. Dr. Crecca is conducting research in the laboratory of Prof. John Straub. She is also co-supervising a high-school science class outreach activity of the Boston University Women in Chemistry graduate student group. |
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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 is doing research in 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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Rosemary White Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN BU Contact Info: 617-358-4646 | rosew@bu
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Dr. White co-teaches Intensive General and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry (CH111/181). She is conducting research in the laboratory of Professor Linda Doerrer. Her research project focuses on the synthesis and characterization of first-row transition metal complexes with a unique tridentate oxygen-donating ligand. Prior to joining the PFF program, Dr. White was a postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Professor Susannah Scott, University of California, Santa Barbara. |
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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. Dr. DeSensi is also co-supervising a high-school science class outreach activity of the Boston University Women in Chemistry graduate student group. |
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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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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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