Research Description

Elucidating the structure-function paradigm of a new class of bioremediation proteins termed the multifunctional catalytic globins; fast time-scale enzyme kinetics; X-ray and neutron crystallography; design and synthesis of potent, broad spectrum antimicrobial materials based on a photodynamic mode of action.

Publications

• Porous protoporphyrin IX-embedded cellulose diacetate electrospun microfibers in antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (2021)
• Carbon quantum dots: A bright future as photosensitizers for in vitro antibacterial photodynamic inactivation (2020)
• Color-Variable Photodynamic Antimicrobial Wool/Acrylic Blended Fabrics (2020)
• One-pot method based on deep eutectic solvent for extraction and conversion of polydatin to resveratrol from Polygonum cuspidatum (2020)
• Photoinactivation of bacteria by hypocrellin-grafted bacterial cellulose (2020)
• A facile strategy for photoactive nanocellulose-based antimicrobial materials (2019)
• Antimicrobial Thermoplastic Elastomers: Strategic Pathways for the Future of Broad-Spectrum Anti-Infective Materials (2019)
• BODIPY-embedded electrospun materials in antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (2019)
• High-throughput structures of protein–ligand complexes at room temperature using serial femtosecond crystallography (2019)
• Inherently self-sterilizing charged multiblock polymers that kill drug-resistant microbes in minutes (2019)

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Education

Ph.D., Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (2001)
M.S., Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (1997)
B.S., Chemistry, Haverford College (1995)