Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology Research Group Members
Lionel Cheruzel
Professor, Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
408-924-5283
lionel.cheruzel@sjsu.edu
DH 286
Development of hybrid enzymes as bioctalysts for hydroxylation of organic substrates using light and water. Molecular imprinted polymers.
Daryl Eggers
Professor, Biochemistry
408-924-4960
daryl.eggers@sjsu.edu
DH 286
Crowding and hydration effects on macromolecular structure.
Brooke Lustig
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical, Chemical, and Materials, Computational Biochemistry
408-924-4968
brooke.lustig@sjsu.edu
DH 417
Computational/theoretical methods to characterize entropy and related effects in proteins and RNA; drug design that includes potential anti-HIV agents.
Laura Miller Conrad
Associate Professor, Chemical Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry
408-924-4957
laura.miller.conrad@sjsu.edu
DH 608
Synthesis and investigation of anti-quorum sensing and anti-virulence compounds in bacteria.
Gilles Muller
Professor, Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology
408-924-2632
gilles.muller@sjsu.edu
DH 412A
Lanthanides, complexes, circularly polarized luminescence, chirality, thermodynamics, and spectroscopy.
Alberto A. Rascón, Jr.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry
408-924-4969
alberto.rascon@sjsu.edu
DH 612
Biochemistry, Bacterial Protein Expression, Protein/Enzyme Purification and Isolation Techniques, Mosquito Midgut Proteases, Proteolytic Enzymes, Inhibitors, and Enzyme Kinetics.
Ningkun Wang
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
408-924-4955
ningkun.wang@sjsu.edu
DH 607
Protein conformational dynamics, protein-protein interactions, enzyme specificty.