Marquette Compendium News of Faculty and Staff Activities WINTER 2012
The winter 2012 issue of Compendium is a compilation of Marquette University faculty research, scholarship and accomplishments, from June 2011 to November 2011, and grants reported by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs for that period. The purpose of this compilation is to recognize faculty and staff who are making advancements in their fields of expertise as well as to allow fellow faculty to see opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. To submit a scholarly activity, visit marquette.edu/omc/compendium.php. Citations will be posted on the Marquette University research website, marquette.edu/research/compendium.php. For more information or additional copies, contact the Office of Marketing and Communication, 414.288.6712.
Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences Dr. William Donaldson
Associate Dean and Professor of Chemistry
Published: “Reactivity of acyclic (pentadienyl) iron (1+) cations: Synthetic studies directed toward the frondosins,” Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Vol. 9 (November 2011), pp 7,742-7,747, with Do W. Lee, Rajesh K. Pandey, Dr. Sergey Lindeman, Department of Chemistry. Appointed: Honorary Editorial Board of Reports in Organic Chemistry, July 2011.
Rev. G. Harak, S.J.
Director, Center for Peacemaking
Grant: $87,889, “Marquette University Peace Works (MUPW),” Daniel P. Haerther Charitable Trust.
Rev. Philip J. Rossi, S.J. Interim Dean and Professor
Presented: “Human Contingency, Divine Freedom, and the Normative Shape of Saving History,” Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology VIII: Tradition and the Normativity of History, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, October 2011.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Dr. Robert Fitts Chair/Professor
Grant: $12,637, “Towards Prevention of Muscle De-training,” U.S. Department of Defense.
Dr. Martin St. Maurice Assistant Professor
Published: “Activation and Inhibition of Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli,” Biochemistry, Vol. 50 (November 2011), pp 9,694-9,707, with Tonya Zeczycki, Ann L. Menefee, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, John C. Wallace, Paul V. Attwood, W. Wallace Cleland. Published: “Interaction between the Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Domain and the Biotin Carboxylase Domain in Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli” Biochemistry, Vol. 50 (November 2011), pp 9,708-9,723,
with graduate student Adam D. Lietzan, Ann L. Menefee, Tonya Zeczycki, graduate student Sudhanshu Kumar, Paul V. Attwood, John C. Wallace, W. Wallace Cleland. Published: “Novel Insights into the Biotin Carboxylase Domain Reactions of Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli” Biochemistry, Vol. 50 (November 2011), pp 9,724-9,737, with Tonya Zeczycki, Ann L. Menefee, Abdussalam AdinaZada, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, Kathy Surinya, John C Wallace, Paul V. Attwood,W. Wallace Cleland. Published: “Probing the allosteric activation of pyruvate carboxylase using 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl) adenosine 5'-triphosphate as a fluorescent mimic of the allosteric activator acetyl CoA” Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol. 509 (2011), pp 117-126, with Abdussalam Adina-Zada, Rasmani Hazra, Chutima Sereeruk, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, Tonya Zeczycki, W. Wallace Cleland, John C. Wallace, Paul V. Attwood.
Dr. Ann L. Menefee Post Doctoral Fellow
Published: see entry for Dr. Martin St. Maurice, Department of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Rosemary A. Stuart Professor
Published: “Truncation of the Mrp20 protein reveals a novel ribosome assembly subcomplex in mitochondria,” EMBO Reports, Vol. 12, No. 9 (September 2011), pp 950-955. with graduate student Jasvinder Kaur. Presented: “Truncation of the Mrp20 protein reveals a novel ribosome assembly subcomplex in mitochondria,” with graduate student Jasvinder Kaur and Co‑organized: FASEB Summer Research Conference on Mitochondrial Assembly and Dynamics in Health, Disease and Aging, Steamboat Springs, Colo., July 17-22, 2011, with Dr. Antoni Barrientos. Presented: “Identification of a novel ribosomal subcomplex in the assembly of yeast mitochondrial ribosomes” Experimental Biology, Washington, April 9-13, 2011, with graduate student Jasvinder Kaur.
Dr. James Gardinier
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Dr. Dmitri Babikov Associate Professor
Grant: $95,859, “Quantum Origin of Anomalous Isotope Effects,” National Science Foundation.
Dr. James Gardinier Associate Professor
Grant: $100,000, “Multinucleating Pendtadentate Ligand Scaffolds for Cooperative Bimetallic Oxidation Reactions,” National Science Foundation.
Dr. James Kincaid Professor
Grant: $22,762, “Raman Studies of Mammalian Cytochromes P450,” National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Sergey Lindeman
Laboratory Supervisor and Staff Crystallographer
Published: see entry for Dr. William Donaldson, Klingler College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Scott Reid
Professor and Chair
Grant: $150,000, “Studies of the Halogen Bond and Electron Transfer in Prototypical Donor-Accepted Halogen-Bonded Complexes,” National Science Foundation.
Dr. Mark Steinmetz Professor
Grant: $150,000, “Photochemically Removable Protecting Groups Based on Electrocyclic Reactions,” National Science Foundation.
Dr. Charles Wilkie
Professor Emeritus; Pfletschinger Habermann Chair
Grant: $97,000, “New NanoDimensional Materials for Fire Retardancy,” National Institute of Standards and Technology, with Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp, Graduate School,Office of the Provost.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Dr. M.C. Bodden
Associate Professor
Published: Language as the Site of Revolt in Medieval and Early Modern England: Speaking as a Woman, (September 2011) Palgrave Macmillan, 276 pp.
Bryan Gast
Teaching Assistant
Presented: “The Body in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Poetry,” European Studies Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Oct. 8, 2011.