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Curriculum Vitae

Caitlin M Quinn
032 Brown Lab, University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
302-831-1678, cmquinn@udel.edu, https://sites.udel.edu/cmquinn/

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NMR Facility
2017 – present NMR Spectroscopist
2019 – present Assistant Professor (Secondary Appointment)

University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Polenova Laboratory
2013-2017 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Post-Doctoral Fellow

EDUCATION

Columbia University, New York, NY
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, 2013
Dissertation Advisor: Ann E. McDermott
Dissertation Thesis: Solid State NMR Relaxation Studies of Triosephosphate Isomerase

Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, 2007, Summa Cum Laude

HONORS AND AWARDS

University of Delaware
• National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2015-2017)
Columbia University
• National Institutes of Health Molecular Biophysics Training Grant (T32) Graduate Fellowship (2010-2012)
Fairfield University
• Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
• College of Arts and Sciences Award in Science 2007
• Women’s Varsity Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2007
• Chemistry Department Awards: CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Award (2004), ACS Award for Achievement in Analytical Chemistry (2005), ACS Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry (2005), ACS Senior Chemistry Award (2007)
• National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU)
• Presidential Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Zadorozhnyi, R.; Quinn, C. M.; Zadrozny, K. K.; Ablan, S.; Kennedy, B.J.; Yap, G.P.A.; Sanner, D.; Kraml, C.; Freed, E.O.; Ganser-Pornillos, B.K.; et al. Structural Basis for HIV-1 Maturation Inhibition by PF-46396 Determined by MAS NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c08455.
  2. Egnaczyk, T.M.; Quinn, C.M.; Wagner, N.J. Relating the early age reaction kinetics and material property development in a model metakaolin geopolymer. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20531.
  3. Runge, B. R.; Zadorozhnyi, R.; Quinn, C. M.; Russell, R. W.; Lu, M.; Antolínez, S.; Struppe, J.; Schwieters, C. D.; Byeon, I.-J. L.; Hadden-Perilla, J. A.; et al. Integrating 19F Distance Restraints for Accurate Protein Structure Determination by Magic Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c11373.
  4. Porat-Dahlerbruch, G.; Sergeyev, I. V.; Quinn, C. M.; Struppe, J.; Banks, D.; Dahlheim, C.; Johnson, D.; Murphy, D.; Ilott, A.; Abraham, A.; et al. Spatial Organization of Lipid Nanoparticle siRNA Delivery Systems Revealed by an Integrated Magnetic Resonance Approach. Small Methods 2024, 2400622. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202400622.
  5. Kalabekova, R.; Quinn, C. M.; Movellan, K. T.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Akke, M.; Polenova, T. 19F Fast Magic-Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy on Microcrystalline Complexes of Fluorinated Ligands and the Carbohydrate Recognition Domain of Galectin-3. Biochemistry 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00232
  6. Porat-Dahlerbruch, G.; Sergeyev, I.V.; Quinn, C.M.; Struppe, J.; Banks, D.; Dahlheim, C.; Johnson, D.; Murphy, D.; Ilott, A.; Abraham, A.; Polenova, T. Spatial Organization of Lipid Nanoparticle siRNA Delivery Systems Revealed by an Integrated Magnetic Resonance Approach. Small Methods 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202400622.
  7. Dunuwila, S.; Bai, S.; Quinn, C. M.; Chinn, M. S.; Teplyakov, A. V. Adsorption of β-diketones on a surface of ZnO nanopowder: Dependence of the adsorbate on the diketone structure. Surface Science 2024, 122554. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2024.122554
  8. Moura, P.; Kots, P. A.; Vance, B. C.; Schyns, Z. O. G.; Najmi, S.; Hinton, Z. R.; Quinn, C. M.; Epps, T. H., III; Korley, L. T. J.; Vlachos, D. G. Catalytic Deconstruction of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer and Polyethylene Mixtures via Hydroconversion: Challenges and Solutions. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c01220.
  9. Thijs, M.; Laletas, E.; Quinn, C. M.; Raguraman, S. V.; Carr, B.; Bierganns, P. Total and Class-Specific Determination of Fluorinated Compounds in Consumer and Food Packaging Samples Using Fluorine-19 Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04404.
  10. Ganguly, H. K.; Ludwig, B. A.; Tressler, C. M.; Bhatt, M. R.; Pandey, A. K.; Quinn, C. M.; Bai, S.; Yap, G. P. A.; Zondlo, N. J. 4,4-Difluoroproline as a unique 19F NMR probe of proline conformation. Biochemistry 2024, 63 (9), 1131-1146. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00697.
  11. Integrated Structural Biology; Polenova T.; Quinn C. M.; Gronenborn A. M., Eds; Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/9781837670154.
  12. Zhou, J.; Yang, P.; Kots, P. A.; Cohen, M.; Chen, Y.; Quinn, C. M.; de Mello, M. D.; Anibal Boscoboinik, J.; Shaw, W. J.; Caratzoulas, S.; et al. Tuning the reactivity of carbon surfaces with oxygen-containing functional groups. Nat Commun 2023, 14 (1), 2293. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37962-3.
  13. Sarkar, S.; Zadrozny, K. K.; Zadorozhnyi, R.; Russell, R. W.; Quinn, C. M.; Kleinpeter, A.; Ablan, S.; Meshkin, H.; Perilla, J. R.; Freed, E. O.; et al. Structural basis of HIV-1 maturation inhibitor binding and activity. Nat Commun 2023, 14 (1), 1237. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36569-y.
  14. Kots, P. A.; Vance, B. C.; Quinn, C. M.; Wang, C.; Vlachos, D. G. A two-stage strategy for upcycling chlorine-contaminated plastic waste. Nat Sustain 2023, 6 (10), 1258-1267. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01147-z.
  15. Zhang, C.; Guo, C.; Russell, R. W.; Quinn, C. M.; Li, M.; Williams, J. C.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Magic-angle-spinning NMR structure of the kinesin-1 motor domain assembled with microtubules reveals the elusive neck linker orientation. Nat Commun 2022, 13 (1), 6795. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34026-w.
  16. Sarkar, S.; Runge, B.; Russell, R. W.; Movellan, K. T.; Calero, D.; Zeinalilathori, S.; Quinn, C. M.; Lu, M.; Calero, G.; Gronenborn, A. M.; et al. Atomic-resolution structure of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid protein N-terminal domain. J Am Chem Soc 2022, 144 (23), 10543-10555. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03320.
  17. Quinn, C. M.; Xu, S.; Hou, G.; Chen, Q.; Sail, D.; Andrew Byrd, R.; Rozovsky, S. 77Se-13C based dipolar correlation experiments to map selenium sites in microcrystalline proteins. J Biomol NMR 2022, 76 (1-2), 29-37. DOI: 10.1007/s10858-022-00390-4.
  18. Porat-Dahlerbruch, G.; Struppe, J.; Quinn, C. M.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Determination of accurate  19F chemical shift tensors with R-symmetry recoupling at high MAS frequencies (60–100 kHz). J Magn Reson 2022, 340, 107227. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107227.
  19. Porat-Dahlerbruch, G.; Struppe, J.; Quinn, C. M.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. 19F fast MAS (60-111 kHz) dipolar and scalar based correlation spectroscopy of organic molecules and pharmaceutical formulations. Solid State Nucl Magn Reson 2022, 122, 101831. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2022.101831.
  20. Kots, P. A.; Xie, T.; Vance, B. C.; Quinn, C. M.; de Mello, M. D.; Boscoboinik, J. A.; Wang, C.; Kumar, P.; Stach, E. A.; Marinkovic, N. S.; et al. Electronic modulation of metal-support interactions improves polypropylene hydrogenolysis over ruthenium catalysts. Nat Commun 2022, 13 (1), 5186. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32934-5.
  21. Byron, C.; Silva-Quinones, D.; Sarkar, S.; Brown, S. C.; Bai, S.; Quinn, C. M.; Grzenda, Z.; Chinn, M. S.; Teplyakov, A. V. Attachment Chemistry of 4-Fluorophenylboronic Acid on TiO2 and Al2O3 Nanoparticles. Chem Mater 2022, 34 (23), 10659-10669. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02789.
  22. Zadorozhnyi, R.; Sarkar, S.; Quinn, C. M.; Zadrozny, K. K.; Ganser-Pornillos, B. K.; Pornillos, O.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Determination of Histidine Protonation States in Proteins by Fast Magic Angle Spinning NMR. Front Mol Biosci 2021, 8, 767040. DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.767040.
  23. Vance, B. C.; Kots, P. A.; Wang, C.; Hinton, Z. R.; Quinn, C. M.; Epps, T. H.; Korley, L. T. J.; Vlachos, D. G. Single pot catalyst strategy to branched products via adhesive isomerization and hydrocracking of polyethylene over platinum tungstated zirconia. Appl Catal B 2021, 299, 120483. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120483.
  24. Sergeyev, I. V.; Quinn, C. M.; Struppe, J.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Competing transfer pathways in direct and indirect dynamic nuclear polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance experiments on HIV-1 capsid assemblies: implications for sensitivity and resolution. Magn. Reson. 2021, 2 (1), 239-249. DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-239-2021.
  25. Quinn, C. M.; Zadorozhnyi, R.; Struppe, J.; Sergeyev, I. V.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Fast  19F Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for the Structural Characterization of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Blockbuster Drugs. Anal Chem 2021, 93 (38), 13029-13037. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02917.
  26. Liang, L.; Ji, Y.; Zhao, Z.; Quinn, C. M.; Han, X.; Bao, X.; Polenova, T.; Hou, G. Accurate heteronuclear distance measurements at all magic-angle spinning frequencies in solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Chem Sci 2021, 12 (34), 11554-11564. DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03194e.
  27. Kraus, J.; Sarkar, S.; Quinn, C. M.; Polenova, T. Chapter Two – Solid-state NMR spectroscopy of microcrystalline proteins. In Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, Webb, G. A. Ed.; Vol. 102; Academic Press, 2021; pp 81-151. DOI: 10.1016/bs.arnmr.2020.10.002.
  28. Guo, C.; Fritz, M. P.; Struppe, J.; Wegner, S.; Stringer, J.; Sergeyev, I. V.; Quinn, C. M.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Fast 19F Magic Angle Spinning NMR Crystallography for Structural Characterization of Fluorine-Containing Pharmaceutical Compounds. Anal Chem 2021, 93 (23), 8210-8218. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00784.
  29. Struppe, J.; Quinn, C. M.; Sarkar, S.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Ultrafast 1H MAS NMR Crystallography for Natural Abundance Pharmaceutical Compounds. Mol Pharm 2020, 17 (2), 674-682. DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b01157.
  30. Lu, M.; Russell, R. W.; Bryer, A. J.; Quinn, C. M.; Hou, G.; Zhang, H.; Schwieters, C. D.; Perilla, J. R.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Atomic-resolution structure of HIV-1 capsid tubes by magic-angle spinning NMR. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2020, 27 (9), 863-869. DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-0489-2.
  31. Hassan, A.; Quinn, C. M.; Struppe, J.; Sergeyev, I. V.; Zhang, C.; Guo, C.; Runge, B.; Theint, T.; Dao, H. H.; Jaroniec, C. P.; et al. Sensitivity boosts by the CPMAS CryoProbe for challenging biological assemblies. J Magn Reson 2020, 311, 106680. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.106680.
  32. Bai, S.; Quinn, C. M.; Holmes, S. T.; Dybowski, C. High-resolution 13C and 43Ca solid-state NMR and computational studies of the ethylene glycol solvate of atorvastatin calcium. Magn Reson Chem 2020, 58 (11), 1010-1017. DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4937.
  33. Russell, R. W.; Fritz, M. P.; Kraus, J.; Quinn, C. M.; Polenova, T.; Gronenborn, A. M. Accuracy and precision of protein structures determined by magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy: for some ‘with a little help from a friend’. J Biomol NMR 2019, 73 (6-7), 333-346. DOI: 10.1007/s10858-019-00233-9.
  34. Lu, M.; Wang, M.; Sergeyev, I. V.; Quinn, C. M.; Struppe, J.; Rosay, M.; Maas, W.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. 19F Dynamic Nuclear Polarization at Fast Magic Angle Spinning for NMR of HIV-1 Capsid Protein Assemblies. J Am Chem Soc 2019, 141 (14), 5681-5691. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09216.
  35. Fritz, M.; Kraus, J.; Quinn, C. M.; Yap, G. P. A.; Struppe, J.; Sergeyev, I. V.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Measurement of Accurate Interfluorine Distances in Crystalline Organic Solids: A High-Frequency Magic Angle Spinning NMR Approach. J Phys Chem B 2019, 123 (50), 10680-10690. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08919.
  36. Wang, M.; Lu, M.; Fritz, M. P.; Quinn, C. M.; Byeon, I. L.; Byeon, C. H.; Struppe, J.; Maas, W.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Fast Magic-Angle Spinning 19F NMR Spectroscopy of HIV-1 Capsid Protein Assemblies. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018, 57 (50), 16375-16379. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809060.
  37. Quinn, C. M.; Wang, M.; Polenova, T. NMR of Macromolecular Assemblies and Machines at 1 GHz and Beyond: New Transformative Opportunities for Molecular Structural Biology. Methods Mol Biol 2018, 1688, 1-35. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7386-6_1.
  38. Quinn, C. M.; Wang, M.; Fritz, M. P.; Runge, B.; Ahn, J.; Xu, C.; Perilla, J. R.; Gronenborn, A. M.; Polenova, T. Dynamic regulation of HIV-1 capsid interaction with the restriction factor TRIM5α identified by magic-angle spinning NMR and molecular dynamics simulations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018, 115 (45), 11519-11524. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1800796115.
  39. Lu, M.; Sarkar, S.; Wang, M.; Kraus, J.; Fritz, M.; Quinn, C. M.; Bai, S.; Holmes, S. T.; Dybowski, C.; Yap, G. P. A.; et al. F Magic Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculations of Fluorosubstituted Tryptophans: Integrating Experiment and Theory for Accurate Determination of Chemical Shift Tensors. J Phys Chem B 2018, 122 (23), 6148-6155. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00377.
  40. Fritz, M.; Quinn, C. M.; Wang, M.; Hou, G.; Lu, X.; Koharudin, L. M. I.; Struppe, J.; Case, D. A.; Polenova, T.; Gronenborn, A. M. Determination of accurate backbone chemical shift tensors in microcrystalline proteins by integrating MAS NMR and QM/MM. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018, 20 (14), 9543-9553. DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00647d.
  41. Wang, M.; Quinn, C. M.; Perilla, J. R.; Zhang, H.; Shirra, R.; Hou, G.; Byeon, I. J.; Suiter, C. L.; Ablan, S.; Urano, E.; et al. Quenching protein dynamics interferes with HIV capsid maturation. Nat Commun 2017, 8 (1), 1779. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01856-y.
  42. Struppe, J.; Quinn, C. M.; Lu, M.; Wang, M.; Hou, G.; Lu, X.; Kraus, J.; Andreas, L. B.; Stanek, J.; Lalli, D.; et al. Expanding the horizons for structural analysis of fully protonated protein assemblies by NMR spectroscopy at MAS frequencies above 100 kHz. Solid State Nucl Magn Reson 2017, 87, 117-125. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2017.07.001.
  43. Quinn, C. M.; Polenova, T. Structural biology of supramolecular assemblies by magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy. Q Rev Biophys 2017, 50, e1. DOI: 10.1017/S0033583516000159.
  44. Fritz, M.; Quinn, C. M.; Wang, M.; Hou, G.; Lu, X.; Koharudin, L. M. I.; Polenova, T.; Gronenborn, A. M. Toward Closing the Gap: Quantum Mechanical Calculations and Experimentally Measured Chemical Shifts of a Microcrystalline Lectin. J Phys Chem B 2017, 121 (15), 3574-3585. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b09479.
  45. Suiter, C. L.; Quinn, C. M.; Lu, M.; Hou, G.; Zhang, H.; Polenova, T. MAS NMR of HIV-1 protein assemblies. J Magn Reson 2015, 253, 10-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.12.009.
  46. Quinn, C. M.; Lu, M.; Suiter, C. L.; Hou, G.; Zhang, H.; Polenova, T. Magic angle spinning NMR of viruses. Prog Nucl Magn Reson Spectrosc 2015, 86-87, 21-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2015.02.003.
  47. Quinn, C.; McDermott, A. Quantifying conformational dynamics using solid-state R1ρ experiments. J Magn Reson 2012, 222, 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.05.014.
  48. Quinn, C.; McDermott, A. Monitoring conformational dynamics with solid-state R1ρ experiments. J Biomol NMR 2009, 45 (1-2), 5-8. DOI: 10.1007/s10858-009-9346-7.

PRESENTATIONS

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

  1. “Solid State NMR Applications to Pharmaceuticals, (Bio)Polymers, and Materials” Delaware Area NMR Forum, Newark DE, September 2025
  2. “Pushing the Sensitivity Boundaries in Magic Angle Spinning NMR of Challenging Biological Assemblies with the New Triple Resonance BioSolids CryoProbe” Alpine Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Solids, Chamonix Mont-Blanc France, September 2019
  3. “Dynamic Disorder in Regulation of HIV-1 Maturation by Integrating Solid State NMR, Cryo-EM, and MD” Eastern Analytical Symposium, Plainsboro NJ, November 2018
  4. “Ultrafast Magic Angle Spinning NMR of HIV-1 Protein Assemblies” Bruker SSNMR Symposium and Workshop, Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, Snowbird UT, July 2018
  5. “Dynamic Regulation of HIV-1 Capsid Maturation: Atomic Resolution Mechanism by Integrated NMR, Cryo-EM, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations” Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Asilomar CA, March 2017
  6. “Insight into Dynamic Regulation of HIV-1 Maturation with an Integrated Magic Angle Spinning NMR and Molecular Dynamics Approach” Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, Breckenridge CO, July 2016
  7. “Structural Biology of HIV-1 Protein Assemblies by Magic Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy” Bruker SSNMR Symposium and Workshop, Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, Breckenridge CO, July 2016
  8. “Quantifying Conformational Dynamics in Solid State R1r Experiments” Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Asilomar CA, April 2011

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

  1. “University of Delaware Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core” National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence, Washington DC, June 2024
  2. “University of Delaware Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core” Delaware IDeAs Biomedical Research Symposium, Newark DE, November 2019
  3. “Pushing the Sensitivity Boundaries in Magic Angle Spinning NMR of Challenging Biological Assemblies with the New Triple Resonance BioSolids CryoProbe” EUROISMAR, Berlin Germany, August 2019
  4. “Dynamic Regulation of NIV-1 Capsid Morphology and Viral Maturation” Structural Biology Related to HIV/AIDS, Bethesda MD, June 2017
  5. “Dynamic Allostery in HIV-1 Capsid Interactions with Restriction Factor TRIM5 Revealed by Magic Angle Spinning NMR” Structural Biology Related to HIV/AIDS, Bethesda MD, June 2016 
  6. “Structural Insights into Inhibition of HIV-1 Capsid Maturation and Uncoating by Magic Angle Spinning NMR” Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Retroviruses, Cold Spring Harbor NY, May 2016
  7. “Magic Angle Spinning NMR Reveals Dynamic Mechanisms of HIV-1 Capsid Disruption by Restriction Factor TRIM5a” Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Pittsburgh PA, April 2016
  8. “Characterization of HIV-1 Maturation Intermediates by Magic Angle Spinning NMR” NIH Structural Biology Related to HIV/AIDS, Bethesda MD, June 2015 
  9. “MAS NMR Characterization of HIV-1 Gag Virus-Like Particles and HIV-1 Capsid-TRIM5a Interactions” Annual Meeting of the Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, Pittsburgh PA, April 2015
  10. “MAS NMR Studies of HIV-1 Gag Virus-Like Particles and RNA Systems” Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, Copper Mountain CO, July 2014
  11. “Quantifying Conformational Dynamics in Solid State R1r Experiments” Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Asilomar CA, April 2011
  12. “Quantifying Conformational Dynamics in Solid State R1r Experiments” Biophysical Society Meeting, San Francisco CA, February 2009
  13. “Solvent Effects in Condensed Phase Conformational Dynamics” Biophysical Society Meeting, Baltimore MD, March 2007

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

  • Operation and maintenance of 9 shared solid state and solution NMR instruments, including cryogen fills, probe installation and setup, instrument troubleshooting, and repairs
  • Preparation of user protocols including general instrument procedures, setup guides for commonly used experiments, and probe specific user guides; created a section of the NMR Facility website “Solid State NMR Resources” where these protocols can be readily accessed
  • Site planning, infrastructure design, operation and maintenance of the NMR Facility Helium Recovery System
  • Structural characterization of biomolecular assemblies, polymers, zeolites, pharmaceuticals, and other organic and inorganic materials by solid state and solution NMR, including fast and ultrafast magic angle spinning
  • High-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) of hydrogels
  • Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR)
  • Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)
  • Computational techniques: Simpson, Spinevolution, DmFit, Gaussian, Xplor-NIH, Python and Fortran
  • Biochemical and biophysical techniques: FPLC, UV-Vis, fluorescence spectroscopy, SDS-PAGE electrophoresis, transmission electron microscopy, circular dichroism, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
  • Implemented new instrument usage software (iLab) including user training, responsible for monitoring and confirming instrument usage through iLab

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
User Training in Solid State NMR 2017-present

University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEM 667: Solid State NMR Spectroscopy 2019

Columbia University, Department of Chemistry
Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry I and II 2007-2008

Yale University, Department of Chemistry
Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry I and II 2007

SERVICE

University of Delaware
• Assisted in grant preparation, including NSF MRI and The Unidel Foundation
• Thesis committee member for 3 graduate students
• Revamped the NMR Facility website making the site easier to navigate and better highlighting our state of the art equipment and unique capabilities, as well as community outreach
• Implemented a new system for reminding users of funding acknowledgement in publications, to improve tracking of NMR Core publications
• CBC Ambassadors Program: lead NMR Facility tours several times a year for high school and undergraduate students
• Search Committee, Mass Spec/Proteomics Research Associate position, 2021
• Interviewer, High Throughput Experimentation Lab Director position, 2019, 2021
• Met with 2 CBC undergraduate students for Disabilities Mentoring Week 2021
• Chemistry Biology Interface (CBI) Program Scientific Writing Workshop, 2020, 2021
• NIH-COBRE Student/Post-doc Sponsored Seminar Series, Chair 2015-2016

Columbia University
• KAST Lab shared biochemical instrumentation lab manager, 2010-2013
• Columbia Chemistry Careers Committee, Chair 2010-2012
• Girls Science Day at Columbia, Co-Chair 2009-2010
• Department of Chemistry Student Teacher Assistant Training, Graduate Leader, 2008

Fairfield University
• Co-Captain, Women’s Varsity Field Hockey (2006)