The
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Investigator
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The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel
- Claude Bernard
Education
Post-Doc, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Structural Biology (2016)
PHD, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2013)
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MS, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2011)
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BS, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2008)
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Teaching
Biochemistry 1
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Biochemistry 2
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Topics in Biochemistry
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Biochemical Techniques
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Experience
Biochemistry
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Biophysics
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Enzymology
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Structural Biology
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Molecular Dynamics
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The Graduate Students
Areas of expertise:
ligand binding thermodynamics
kinetic experimental strategies
pre-steady state kinetic studies
The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls.
- Archibald Hill
Presenting the latest data from the lab to a judge at the 2019 Southeast Enzymes Conference.
Departmental Award for Outstanding Research Work
Michael J. Swaenepoel
Molecular Biosciences Ph.D. student
Areas of expertise:
Protein Thermodynamics
Cancer Biology
Microbial Assembly
“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” – Albert Einstein
Joshua A. Couch
Molecular Biosciences Ph.D. student
Areas of expertise:
Biochemistry
