Chemical Biology

Chemical Biology Research Group Members

Lionel CheruzelLionel 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 EggersDaryl Eggers
Professor, Biochemistry
408-924-4960
daryl.eggers@sjsu.edu
DH 286

Crowding and hydration effects on macromolecular structure.

 

Brooke LustigBrooke 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 ConradLaura 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 MullerGilles 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.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 WangNingkun Wang
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
408-924-4955
ningkun.wang@sjsu.edu
DH 607

Protein conformational dynamics, protein-protein interactions, enzyme specificty.