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Memorial Day Group BBQ, May 2009
Postdocs
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Dr. Mary Grace Galinato
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Aug. 2002 - Oct. 2007
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Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
with Prof. Harry Frank
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October 2007 - present
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Postdoc in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Protein Spectroscopy
I am investigating the interaction of the dinuclear non-heme ferrous site of flavorubredoxin NO reductase
with NO using resonance Raman, EPR, and MCD spectroscopies. In addition, I am working on the MCD-spectroscopic
characterization of cytochrome P450.
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Graduate Students
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cand. chem. Anna Merkle
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May 2007 - present
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Synthesis and Electronic Structure of Ru-Nitrosyls
My research project is concerned with the synthesis of Ru-nitrosyls with various coligands and their
spectroscopic characterization. In addition, copper-nitrosyls with similar ligand systems
are investigated.
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cand. chem. Corinne Sulok
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July 2007 - present
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Cofacial bis-Porphyrin Model Complexes
My research is focused on the synthesis and reactivity of bis-porphyrin model complexes with
cobald and iron, and their interaction with NO.
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cand. chem. Tim Berto
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May 2008 - present
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Models for Bacterial Nitric Oxide Reductase
My doctoral research focuses on the syntheses, spectroscopic properties, reactivities
and electronic structures of Fe(II)-porphyrin NO model complexes relevant to denitrification.
I am investigating the properties of small model complexes of type
[Fe(TPP*)(L)(NO)]n+. In addition, I am studying
the reactivity of nitric oxide with synthetic heme/non-heme diiron complexes
with an axial nitrogen ligand as a model for bacterial nitric oxide reductase (bacterial NOR).
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cand. chem. Deidra Gerlach
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May 2008 - present
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Joint Ph.D. Student in the Coucouvanis and Lehnert groups
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Research Project
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Model Complexes for Multielectron Reductases
I am synthesising model complexes for the active sites of assimilatory multielectron reductases,
which contain a heme catalytic site, covalently linked to an electron reservoir (an [4Fe4S] cluster).
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cand. chem. Lauren Goodrich
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May 2008 - present
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Models for Fungal Nitric Oxide Reductase
My research is centered around the effect of axial thiolate coordination on the spectroscopic properties,
electronic structures and reactivities of Fe-porphyrin NO model complexes relevant to denitrification.
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cand. biophys. Josh Skodack
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since July 2009
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Expression and Purification of the Nitric Oxide Reductase
from E. coli
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Undergraduates
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Melissa Brooke Hoffman
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May 2009 - present
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Undergraduate research student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Non-heme Iron Nitrosyl Complexes
In my research project, I am synthesizing ferrous non-heme iron-nitrosyl model complexes.
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Breana Siljander
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May 2009 - present
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Undergraduate research student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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The Interaction of Nitric Oxide with Iron-Porphyrin (Heme) Complexes
The focus of my work is the synthesis of porphyrin ligands and corresponding iron complexes. I am studying the
interaction of these model systems with NO.
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Former Group Members
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