I've had a varied research carrier spanning molecular and microbiology to chemical biology. My main focus over the last 8 years has been on investigating and characterizing metal-containing enzymes. At Emmanuel College I worked under Dr. Faina Ryvkin studying the copper-containing enzyme Lysyl Oxidase, which is responsible for forming covalent crosslinks between collagen and elastin molecules leading to mature connective tissue in humans and animals. Under the mentorship of Dr. Deborah Perlstein at Boston University, my research focused on understanding the mechanism of a class of enzymes that were responsible for assembling and trafficking eukaryotic Iron-Sulfur clusters within the cytosol and nucleus of eukaryotic cells.
