Selected Presentations from Jacksonville University

24. “Characterizing the structure of hemoprotein-inspired catalysts in solution and sol-gel environments”. Talk presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2024.

23. “Exploring the optical spectroscopic properties of different metal porphyrin proteins as potential catalysts for sulfoxidation chemistry”. Talk presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2023.

22. “Systematically influencing function and optical properties in porphyrin proteins by fine-tuning their active sites”. Invited talk presented at the JU Science and Engineering Lecture Series, JU, February 2023.

21. “Solvent environment effects on the conformational changes of N,N'-diphenylurea”. Talk presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 2022.

Selected Presentations from Penn State Behrend

20. “Effect of N-donor ligands on the formation of manganese porphyrin protein intermediates: Preparing catalysts for sulfoxidation reactions”. Talk presented at the 263rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2022.

19. “Constructing artificial manganese porphyrin protein complexes for sulfoxidation reactions” Flash talk presented at the 1st Electronic Biological Inorganic Meeting (eBIC), Virtual Meeting, July 2021.

18. “Spectroscopic and globin-like reactivities of human serum albumin-heme complexed with N-donor ligands” Poster presented at the 11th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Virtual Meeting, June 2021.

17. “Developing artificial manganese porphyrin proteins encased in silica sol-gel for sulfoxidation reactions” Oral talk presented at the Regional Science Consortium 16th Annual Symposium, Erie, PA, November 2020. Received the Session Viewing Award for obtaining the most live views online.

16. “Magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopic studies of high-spin [MnIII(TPP)X] complexes” Poster presented at the 7th Georgian Bay International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, May 2019.

15. “Selective control of nitrite reduction in chemically-modified heme enzymes” Talk presented at the 14th Annual Mini-Symposium of Metals in Biological and Chemical Systems, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2018.

14. “Spectroscopic and electrocatalytic reduction studies of nitrite to NO by human serum albumin-heme” Talk presented at the 254th American Chemical Society Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2017.

13. “Effect of heme enzyme electronic structure modification on their nitrite reductase functionality” Talk presented at the 250th American Chemical Society Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2015.

12. “Exploring vibrational dynamics and catalytic functions of heme proteins: the case of cytochrome c and myoglobin” Talk presented at the 45th American Chemical Society Central Regional Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2014.

11. “Elucidating the nitrite reductase activity of myoglobin by tweaking key components in its active site” Invited poster presentation at the Graduate Women in Science 93rd Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2014.

10. “Modulating the nitrite reductase activity of myoglobin by varying the heme substituents” Poster presented at the Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA, January 2014.

9. “Controlling nitric oxide generation: Effect of heme electron density on the rate of myoglobin nitrite reduction”. Talk presented at the 40th American Chemical Society Great Lakes Regional Meeting, La Crosse, WI, June 2013.

8. “Factors controlling heme enzyme reactivity: spectroscopic and kinetic studies”. Invited talk sponsored by the ACS Local Erie Chapter and Penn State Behrend Chemistry Department, Erie, PA, February 2012.

Selected Presentations from the University of Michigan

7. “Nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy elucidates heme-protein vibrational dynamic couplings in Cytochrome c: A signaling pathway between the heme-iron and the protein surface?” Poster presented at the 15th International Conference of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Vancouver, Canada, August 2011.

6. “Elucidating the role of the hydrogen bonding network in ferric Cytochrome P450cam and corresponding mutants using Magnetic Circular Dichroism spectroscopy”. Poster presented at the 6th International Conference of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Sta. Ana Pueblo, NM, July 2010.

5. “Characterization of high-spin and low-spin ferric Cytochrome P450 WT and mutants using magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy”. Poster presented at the 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.

Selected Presentations from the University of Connecticut

4. “Role of cation radicals of xanthophylls in nonphotochemical quenching”. Talk presented at the 24th Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Woodshole, MA, April 2007.

3. “Ultrafast time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy of LHCIIb and CP monomers from dark-adapted and illuminated spinach thylakoids”. Poster presented at the 23rd Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Woodshole, MA, April 2006.

2. “Polyene models for carotenoids: Optical spectroscopic properties of geometric isomers of hexadecaheptaene”. Poster presented at the 22nd Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Woodshole, MA, April 2005.

1. “Optical spectroscopic studies of all-trans linear polyenes, model systems for carotenoids”. Poster presented at the 31st Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Woods Hole, MA, April 2004.