CMS Faculty

	Michael W. W. Adams biochemistry, microbiology, chemistry Characterization of metalloenzymes from hyperthermophilic organisms that grow near 100°C and investigation of their molecular and catalytic properties
	I. Jonathan Amster chemistry, analytical biochemistry Mass spectrometry applied to the characterization of the structures of peptides and proteins
	Harry A. Dailey microbiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology Study of the terminal membrane-bound enzymes of the heme biosynthetic pathway; regulation of mammalian heme biosynthesis
	Jeffrey F. D. Dean plant biochemistry, molecular biology, forest biotechnology Structure/function relationships in metalloenzymes associated with lignin biosynthesis; genetic engineering of trees used to remediate sites contaminated with heavy metals
	Daniel V. DerVartanian biochemistry, biophysics Biochemical, spectroscopic, and genetic studies of hydrogenases and CO dehydrogenases from sulfate-reducing and acetogenic bacteria
	Karl-Erik Eriksson biochemistry, microbiology, biotechnology, forestry Enzyme systems involved in lignin biosynthesis and biodegradation, biochemistry of host-pathogen interaction, application of biotechnology for the pulp and paper industry
	Michael K. Johnson chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics Spectroscopic investigations (MCD, CD, absorption, EPR, resonance Raman, and FTIR) of Fe-S, Ni, W, Mo, and heme centers in biology
	Donald M. Kurtz, Jr. chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics Chemical, biochemical, and molecular biological studies of non-heme iron proteins
	Jean Le Gall microbiology, biochemistry Microbiology of anaerobic bacteria: sulfate reduction, ammonification, denitrification, relations with oxygen. Relations structure-function in flavin, heme and non-heme iron-containing redox proteins; metalloenzymes.
	Lars G. Ljungdahl biochemistry, microbiology, biotechnology Bioenergetics and enzymology of C₁ and acetate metabolism by metalloenzymes of acetogenic bacteria
	Robert S. Phillips chemistry, biochemistry Mechanisms of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate dependent enzymes; stereochemistry and mechanism of alcohol dehydrogenases; use of enzymes in organic synthesis and in non-aqueous media
	Robert A. Scott chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology Structural and functional studies of metalloenzymes; use of site-directed mutagenesis to evaluate protein determinants of thermal stability and redox potentials and electron transfer kinetics of metalloproteins
	Anne O. Summers molecular genetics, microbiology Study of the mechanisms of mercury ion and organomercurial detoxification mediated by the mer locus and metal-responsive activation of mRNA transcription by the merR protein
	John E. Wampler biochemistry, computational chemistry Application of molecular modeling to sequence/structure relationships of electron transfer metalloproteins
	Bi-Cheng Wang biochemistry, structural biology, crystallography X-ray crystallographic studies of protein structures, including polymerases, dehydrogenases, HIV Tat protein, green fluorescent protein, and others
	William B. Whitman microbial physiology Microbial processes related to carbon metabolism and autotrophy in methane-producing bacteria and other lithotrophs and bacterial evolution
	Juergen Wiegel microbiology, biotechnology Distribution, taxonomy, physiology, biochemistry, and possible industrial applications of thermophilic and extremely thermophilic anaerobic bacteria; anaerobic reductive dechlorination of phenols and PCBs
Associate Member David E. Stewart University of Georgia computational chemistry stewart@uga.edu Application of molecular modeling and other computational methods to study the interactions of metalloproteins and the structure-function relationship in metalloproteins CMS Adjunct Faculty A number of non-UGa faculty are adjunct members of the CMS and contribute to research and training through collaborative arrangements with the CMS faculty. Edmund P. Day, Emory biophysics phsepd@physics.emory.edu Investigation of the structure and function of metalloproteins using multifield saturation magnetization combined with electron paramagnetic resonance and Mössbauer spectroscopies Dabney W. Dixon, Georgia State University chemistry, biophysics, biochemistry ddixon@gsu.edu Electron transfer in cytochromes, synthesis and spectroscopy of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins, porphyrins and related macrocycles as antiviral agents Dale E. Edmondson, Emory biochemistry, biophysics medded@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu Biochemical, spectroscopic, and kinetic studies on molybdenum hydroxylases, flavoenzymes, and iron-containing enzymes Karl S. Hagen, Emory chemistry, biophysics chemksh@emrycc.cc.emory.edu Bioinorganic coordination chemistry, synthesis of metalloenzyme active-site analogues, small-molecule X-ray crystallography, and NMR of paramagnetic molecules Boi Hanh (Vincent) Huynh, Emory biophysics phsbhh@physics.emory.edu Applications of Mössbauer and EPR spectroscopies to the study of iron-containing proteins Luigi G. Marzilli, Emory chemistry, biophysics lmarzil@unix.cc.emory.edu Spectroscopic, synthetic, and mechanistic studies relevant to metallobiochemistry, with emphasis on B₁₂ chemistry, metallodrugs, and interaction of metal species with nucleic acids and nucleotides José J. G. Moura, Universidade Nova de Lisboa chemistry, biophysics jgm@helium.fct.unl.pt Biochemical and spectroscopic investigations of metalloproteins, with emphasis on enzymes from sulfate-reducing bacteria, including hydrogenase Kurt Warncke, Emory biophysics kwarncke@mail.physics.emory.edu Pulsed EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy Loren D. Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology biochemistry, structural biology loren.williams@chemistry.gatech.edu Structural, dynamic, and thermodynamic characterization of nucleic acid and protein complexes; 3-D structures of drugs and metals bound to DNA, and inhibitors bound to serine proteases

CMS Faculty

Jean Le Gall

CMS Adjunct Faculty