Principal Investigator
Patrick Frantom
pfrantom (at) ua.edu |
Patrick A. Frantom, Ph.D.
The University of Alabama, Department of Chemistry Center for Biomolecular Products, Faculty Scientist BS, 1999, Louisiana State University Ph.D., 2005, Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Fellow 2005-2009, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Personal Page |
Graduate Students
Garima Kumar
gkumar (at) crimson.ua.edu |
Garima Kumar, M.S.
Garima earned her M.S. degree in Chemistry with Honors from Punjab University in Chandigarh, India. She joined the UA Ph.D. program in 2010. Garima is currently combining bioinformatic and experimental techniques to investigate substrate specificity and enzyme function in the enzyme citramalate synthase from Methanococcus jannashii (MjCMS). |
Siqi Guan
sguan (at) crimson.ua.edu |
Siqi Guan, B.S.
Siqi received her B.S. degree in Suzhou University, Jiangsu province, China. She joined the UA Ph.D. program in 2011. She is working on the dynamics of the enzyme glycosyltransferase by using hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. |
Wen Chen
wchen45 (at) crimson.ua.edu |
Wen Chen
Wen earned a B.S. degree from Nankai University in China, and joined the graduate program at UA in Fall 2013. She is working on the enzyme isopropylmalate synthase from Methanococcus jannashii (MjIPMS). She likes playing basketball and swimming in her spare time. |
DK Kim
dkim44 (at) crimson.ua.edu |
DK Kim, B.S.
DK did his undergraduate work at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. He joined UA's Ph.D. program in 2012. He is working on understanding the SUF pathway in iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biosynthesis using amide hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS). |
Juliana Conte
jvconte (at) crimson.ua.edu |
Juliana Conte, B.S.
Born and raised on a family farm in Hampton, Ontario, Juliana joined UA's Ph.D. program in Fall 2014. She played varsity soccer and lacrosse throughout her undergraduate years at Catawba College in North Carolina, where she majored in Chemistry and minored in Biology. In her spare time, she likes to workout, play sports and spend time outdoors. |
UnderGraduates
Danielle D’Erminio
dnderminio (at) crimson.ua.edu |
Danielle D'Erminio
Danielle is a junior Chemical Engineering major from Maineville, Ohio. She is currently investigating substrate-protein interactions in the enzyme isopropylmalate synthase from Methanococcus jannashii (MjIPMS). In her spare time, she participates in philanthropy events with her sorority (Delta Zeta), and she loves to read. |
Calvin Muth
cdmuth (at) crimson.ua.edu |
Calvin Muth
Calvin is a sophomore undergraduate from Foley, AL. He is majoring in Chemistry and his research project focuses on the relationships between substrate selectivity in the enzymes isopropylmalate synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtIPMS) and a pyruvate-specific class II aldolase, HpaI. |
ALUMNI
Graduate Students
Ashley Casey, Ph.D. (2014) – Postdoctoral Researcher at Florida State University
Jordyn Johnson, M.S. (2014)
Jacqueline Turri, M.S. (2011)
Undergraduates
Yuliya Birman (2012-2015) - Ph.D. candidate at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Erin West (2014-2015) - Ph.D candidate at Rice University
Dalton Ford (2014)
Brittany Hays (2012–2013) - Undergraduate student at Oklahoma State University
Sam Andersen (2012) - M.D. candidate at Medical University of South Carolina
Joshua Baugh (REU Summer Student, 2012) - Ph.D. candidate at The Scripps Research Institute
Erica Schwalm (2010–2012) - Ph.D. candidate at The Pennsylvania State University
Claire Davis (2010-2011) - M.S. candidate at The University of Alabama
Emily Wayman (2009-2010) - M.D./Ph.D. candidate at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ashley Casey, Ph.D. (2014) – Postdoctoral Researcher at Florida State University
Jordyn Johnson, M.S. (2014)
Jacqueline Turri, M.S. (2011)
Undergraduates
Yuliya Birman (2012-2015) - Ph.D. candidate at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Erin West (2014-2015) - Ph.D candidate at Rice University
Dalton Ford (2014)
Brittany Hays (2012–2013) - Undergraduate student at Oklahoma State University
Sam Andersen (2012) - M.D. candidate at Medical University of South Carolina
Joshua Baugh (REU Summer Student, 2012) - Ph.D. candidate at The Scripps Research Institute
Erica Schwalm (2010–2012) - Ph.D. candidate at The Pennsylvania State University
Claire Davis (2010-2011) - M.S. candidate at The University of Alabama
Emily Wayman (2009-2010) - M.D./Ph.D. candidate at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Conferences and Events
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