Jason 希勒, Ph.D.

教授. 希勒 was born in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland, College Park where he obtained a B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology. It was during this time that he developed an interest in chemistry while performing research in the laboratory of 教授. 史蒂文Rokita. Following studies at the University of Maryland, 教授. 希勒 pursued graduate work at the University of Washington in Seattle under 教授. Julie Kovacs as an EPA predoctoral fellow. He primarily investigated the reactivity and bonding of thiolate ligated transition metal complexes with relevance to metalloenzymes such as nitrile hydratase and superoxide reductase. It was during graduate studies, under the guidance of 教授. Robert Scarrow (Haverford College), that he gained a fascination with X-ray spectroscopic methods. After his graduate work he moved to Johns Hopkins University as an NIH postdoctoral fellow where he performed research under the mentorship of 教授. 肯尼斯卡琳. As a postdoc, 教授. 希勒 investigated the mechanism by-which copper dioxygen complexes effect substrate oxidations. 教授. 希勒 then started his independent career at the University of Nevada, 里诺, where over the course of 14 years he established a research program in bioinorganic and physical inorganic chemistry. 教授. 希勒 then moved to 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 in 2018.

教授. 希勒’s current research interests center on understanding how the structure and bonding of biologically relevant late first row transition metal compounds influence their reactivity. He is especially interested in understanding how the structure of cysteinate-ligated nickel-containing metalloenzymes contribute to their function, protein evolutionary mechanisms, and atypical bonding schemes in transition metal complexes. To these ends his research group prepares and investigates small metallopeptides, metalloproteins, and transition metal complexes. Owing to the highly multidisciplinary nature of this research, students in his group are exposed to a large array of chemical techniques and methods including: peptide and small molecule synthesis, spectroscopy (UV-vis/NIR, (M) CD, Raman and X-ray absorption/emission spectroscopies), and computational methods.