Holiday Party 2012
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2011
M.S., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 2006
B.S., Chemistry Honors, R.K. Mission Residential College, Kolkata, India, 2004
saumenc@illinois.edu
Ph.D., Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2009
B.S., Chemistry, University of Chile
mcepedap@illinois.edu
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China, 2009
B.S., Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China, 2004
xiangyu@illinois.edu
Ph.D., Chemistry, Nanjing University, China, 2010
B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University, China, 2005
jzhan@illinois.edu
Chemistry (Chemical Biology)
M.S., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 2011
B.S., Chemistry, St. Stephen's College, Delhi, 2009
bhagi2@illinois.edu
Biochemistry
B.S., Biotechnology, University of Tehran, Iran, 2010
hssnzdh2@illinois.edu
Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010
khwang10@illinois.edu
Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 2009
petrik1@illinois.edu
Biochemistry
B.S., Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2011
zheshen2@illinois.edu
Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2008
tan49@illinois.edu
Chemistry
M.S., Peking University, China.
B.S., Nanjing University, China.
sltian@illinois.edu
Biochemistry
M.S., Molecular Biotechnology, University of Tehran, Iran, 2007
B.S., Biotechnology, University of Tehran, Iran, 2005
sf.torabi@gmail.com
Biochemistry
B.S., Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, 2006
pwu10@illinois.edu
Chemistry
M.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University, China, 2008
B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University, China, 2005
xing2@illinois.edu
Past Students
| Ph. D. Conferred | Year | Thesis | Current Position |
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Ngo Yin Wong |
2013 |
Advances in Structural and Functional DNA Nanotechnology: Towards Complex and Dynamic Assemblies for In Vitro Applications |
Research Scientist, Intel |
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Tian Lan |
2012 |
I. Isolation of aptamers for perchlorate and melamine |
CTO, GlucoScentient, Inc. |
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Tiffany Diane Wilson |
2012 |
A Biosynthetic Approach to Understanding the Assembly of CuA Center |
Postdoctoral researcher- U. of California at Berkeley |
|
Ying He |
2011 |
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Study of the Global Folding of Functional DNAs And Electrohydrodynamic Printing of Protein Arrays |
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Kyle Miner |
2011 |
Rational Design of Functional Heme Copper Oxidases in Myoglobin |
Post Doctoral Fellow - UT San Antonio |
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Nick Marshall |
2011 |
Fine-Tuning the Reduction Potential of Cupredoxin Proteins by Altering Secondary Coordination Sphere Interactions |
Post Doctoral Fellow - UT Austin |
|
Zidong Wang |
2011 |
Bioinspired fabrication and assembly of hybrid materials for sensing and biomedical applications |
Senior Engineer, Dow Chemical |
|
Eric L. Null |
2011 |
Functional DNS: Biochemical/biophysical characterization & sensing applications |
Laboratory Scientist, ANDalyze, Inc. |
|
Weichen Xu |
2010 |
Smart MRI Contrast Agents and Label-Free Fluorescent Sensors Based on Functional Nucleic Acids and Mechanistic Studies of Metal-DNAzyme Interactions |
Research Scientist, ANDalyze, Inc. |
|
Nathan Sieracki |
2010 |
Toward engineering oxygenase activity into the electron transport protein azurin |
Staff Scientist, Department of Pharmacology, |
|
Kevin M. Clark |
2010 |
Probing the roles of Metal binding ligands in cupredoxins: Incorporating nonproteinogenic amino acids into azurin and CuA azurin |
Law School, |
|
Nandini Nagraj |
2010 |
Development Of Functional Dna-Based Sensors And Investigations Into Their Mechanism |
Research Scientist, GE Research Center |
|
Debapriya Mazumdar |
2009 |
Investigation of Metal-Dependence in DNAzymes and Applications of DNAzymes and Aptamers for Diagnostics |
Vice President of Product Development, DzymeTech, Inc. |
|
Jung Heon Lee |
2009 |
Bioinspired Assembly of Nanomaterials for Applications in Nanoelectronics and Biosensors |
Postdoctoral researcher- Northwestern U. |
|
Natasha Yeung |
2008 |
Modeling the FeB site of bacterial nitric oxide reductase |
Postdoctoral researcher- Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
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Mehmet Veysel Yigit |
2008 |
Novel MRI contrast agents based on Functional DNA and nanomaterial conjugates for biomedical applications |
Assistant Professor- University at Albany, SUNY |
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Masha Savelieff |
2008 |
Biosynthetic approach to protein models in long-range electron transfer |
Assistant Prof, Michigan State Univ. |
|
Dewain Garner |
2008 |
Metalloprotein Design and Engineering Using Unnatural Amino Acids and Nonnative Cofactors |
Research Scientist, Clorox Company |
|
Hee-Kyung Kim |
2007 |
Probing metal binding sites and metal ion-dependent conformational changes of a DNAzyme |
Postdoctoral researcher- U. of California, Berkeley |
|
Ningyan Wang |
2007 |
Exploring the Roles of Heme Type and Histidine-Tyrosine Cross-Link in Heme-Copper Oxidases Using a Myoglobin Model |
Postdoctoral researcher- Dept. of Biochem., UIUC |
|
Daryl P. Wernette |
2007 |
Immobilization of Catalytic DNA for Advanced Materials and Sensors |
Research Scientist, Owens Corning |
|
Thomas P. Pfister |
2006 |
Metalloprotein Engineering using Heme Protein Scaffolds to Investigate the Oxidation of Endogenous Aromatic Amino Acids and Exogenous Substrates |
Postdoctoral Researcher- National Cancer Institute |
|
James R. Carey |
2006 |
Design and Synthesis of Redox or Catalytically Active Artificial Metalloproteins Containing Non-native Inorganic and Organometallic Complexes |
Research Scientist, ChemSensing, Inc. |
|
Andrea K. Brown |
2006 |
In vitro Selection and Characterization of Highly Selective
Metal-Dependent DNAzymes with Potential |
M.D. program- UIUC |
|
Hee Jung Hwang |
2005 |
Modulation of Metal Coordination and Redox Properties of the Engineered Purple CuA and Ferrocene Centers in Azurin |
Postdoctoral Researcher- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
|
Kevin E. Nelson |
2005 |
In vitro selection and metal selectivity of transition metal dependent DNAzymes |
M.D. program- UIUC |
|
Juewen Liu |
2005 |
Fluorescent and Colorimetric Biosensors Based On DNAzymes and DNA Aptamers |
Assistant Professor, U. of Waterloo |
|
Peter J. Bruesehoff |
2003 |
In Vitro Selection and Characterization of Transition Metal-Dependent DNAzymes and RNAzymes |
Research Scientist, Abbot Labs |
|
Steven M. Berry |
2003 |
Designing Novel Blue Copper and Purple CuA Centers in Azurin with Natural and Unnatural Amino Acids |
Assistant Professor, U. of Minnesota at Duluth |
|
Steven K. Ma |
2001 |
Encapsulation of Achiral Mn(Salen) Complexes into Cytochrome c Peroxidase: Spectroscopic Characterizations and Epoxidation Studies |
Product Manager, Lonza, Inc. |
|
Jing Li |
2000 |
In Vitro Selection of Highly Efficient DNA Enzymes as RNA Nucleases and Metal Biosensors |
Staff Scientist, Genomic Institute of the Novartis Research Fdn. |
|
Alan Gengenbach |
2000 |
The Protein Redesign Approach to Modeling Manganese Peroxidase |
Assistant Professor, U. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
|
Jeffrey A. Sigman |
2000 |
Metalloprotein Design |
Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's College |
|
Lynette A. Cunningham |
1999 |
Studies of the Catalytic-Metal-Binding site in the Hammerhead Ribozyme using the Phosphorothioate Approach |
Research Scientist, Colgate-Palmolive |
|
Michael T. Hay |
1998 |
Engineering a Purple CuA Site into the Blue Copper Protein Azurin: Construction Spectroscopy, and Metal Substitution Studies |
Assistant Professor, Penn. State U.-Beaver Fall |
| M.S. Conferred | Year | Thesis Title | Current Position |
|
Darius Brown |
2013 |
Ultrasensitive DNA Aptasensors Based on Exponential Amplification Reaction |
Research Specialist- Cornel University |
|
Hannah Ihms |
2012 |
The In Vitro Selection and Biochemical Characterization of MetalloDNAzymes |
|
|
Bryant Kearl |
2012 |
Characterization and Catalytic Application of an Engineered Cupredoxin Possessing a Potential in Excess of 1 Volt |
Ph.D. program- Arizona State U. |
|
Lanyu Lei |
2009 |
Introduction and Modification of Hydrogen Bonding Network into the Active Site of an Engineered Myoglobin Model of Cytochrome c Oxidase |
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Qian Chen |
2007 |
Design and Engineering of Artificial Metalloenzymes for Asymmetric Catalysis: Investigation of Mn(Salen) Containing Myoglobin Catalyzing Sulfoxidation |
Ph.D. program- Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne |
|
Hyeon Keol Kim |
2003 |
Engineering and Characterization of Heme-Copper Binuclear Center in Sperm Whale Myoglobin |
MBA program- UIUC |
|
Caroline Marie-Brigitte Pavot
|
2001 |
Metal Ion Interactions with Phosphorothioate and Phosphoroselenoate DNA/RNA and Biochemical Characterization of a Lead-Dependent Deoxyribozyme |
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Marjorie C. Ang |
1998 |
An Engineered Purple CuA Site in Azurin: Understanding a Novel Copper Site in Biology |
Research Scientist, Genencor Inc., CA |