Bioinorganic Chemistry

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
• BS Iowa State University 1977
• PhD University of Washington 1981
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University 1983
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota 1983-1985

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Research in my group involves using biophysical, molecular biological and synthetic model approaches to elucidate the structure of transition metal sites in proteins and enzymes, and investigate how these sites function in biology. We have focused our efforts on nickel biochemistry and redox systems involving S-donor ligands. Systems that are of current interest in my group include proteins involved in nickel trafficking, and several enzymes including hydrogenase, superoxide dismutase and cysteine dioxygenase.