University of Chicago

2009 - 2010 Beckman Scholars

Jason Hao
Title of Research: The Synthesis of Scaffold Unbiased Small Molecule Libraries
Email: jhao@uchicago.edu

Vasilios Kalas
Title of Research: Exploring the Molecular Bases of Substrate Recognition and Degradation by Human Insulin-Degrading Enzyme
Email: vasilioskalas@uchicago.edu

2008 - 2009 Beckman Scholars

Carl Brozek
Title of Research: The Search for a Terminal Ni Oxo Complex
Email: brozek@uchicago.edu

Daniel Houle
Title of Research: Chemical Cross-Linking to Study the Electrstatic Switching Mechanism of E. coli N-Ada
Email: dhoule@uchicago.edu

2007 - 2008 Beckman Scholars

Donald Bungum
Title of Research: Synthesis of 61Ni Compounds for Mossbauer Spectroscopy
Email: Donnie@uchicago.edu

Emily J. Glassman
Title of Research: Investigation of the Unimolecular Dissociations of CH3OSO and CH3SO2
Email: emjg@uchicago.edu

2006 - 2007 Beckman Scholars

John S. Anderson
Title of Research: Exploring the Biologically Inspired Chemistry of Nickel (I)
Email: jand312@uchicago.edu

James E. Fitzgerald
Title of Research: Optimail Coordinate Systems and the Backbone Dependence of Energy Functions Used for Protein Folding Simulations and Structure Prediction
Email: JamesEF@uchicago.edu

Amy M. Winans
Title of Research: The effects of GM1 ganglioside- and cholesterol-containing memberanes on amyloid-ß
Email: amyw@uchicago.edu

2005 - 2006 Beckman Scholars

Doran Bennett
Title of Research: Ground State Nonadiabatic Dynamics in Combustion Intermediates: A Study of the Vinoxy -> + Ketene Product Channel
Email: dbennett@uchicago.edu

Michelle Rengarajan
Title of Research: Using Molecular Modeling and Structural Screens to Identify Potentially Novel Inhibitors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cyclin-dependent Kinase Cdc28
Email: rengaraj@uchicago.edu

2004 - 2005 Beckman Scholar

Joshua D. Tice
Title of Research: Evaluating Protein Chrystallization Conditions with Microfluidic Systems
Email: joshtice@uchicago.edu