Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College, Northfield,
MN. (2002-present)
Student Erin Telste (2003-2004) working on The Design
and Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained RNA Oligonucleotides,
funded by Lilly Pharmaceuticals and the Merck/AAAS Foundation through the
St. Olaf College department of chemistry.
Student Laura Berntson (2003-2004) working on Models of Gene Regulation Mediated by mRNA-Thiamin Recognition, funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute through the St. Olaf College department of chemistry and the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund through a type G grant to GWM.
Student Allan Bateman working on Thrombin Biochemistry, an independent senior honors proposal in collaboration with Dr. White Owen, Department of Biochemsitry, Mayo Medical School.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
(1999-2002)
Determined pKa perturbations of adenosine residues within
50S ribosomal subunits. Synthesized peptidyl transferase inhibitors
to determine the mechanism of RNA catalyzed peptide bond formation.
Advisor: Professor Scott A. Strobel
Doctoral Student, The University of Montana, Missoula,
MT. (1995-1999)
Synthesized metal chelating reagents to cleave RNA at
structurally specific sites. Measured structural distances within
ribosomes using tethered chemical nucleases. Elucidated movement
within the 30S ribosomal subunit using chemical nucleases.
Advisors: Professor Charles
M. Thompson (Chemistry)
Professor Walter E. Hill (Biochemistry, retired)
Research Assistant, Department of Biopharmaceutics,
Corning Pharmaceutical Services, Hazleton Laboratories, Madison, WI.
(1992-1995)
GC/HPLC analysis of parent drugs and metabolites for
drug development studies.
Supervisor: Phillip Christman
Undergraduate Research, Gustavus Adolphus College,
St. Peter, MN. (1991-1992)
Determined interactions of Coomassie Brilliant Blue with
proteins through quantitation and modeling of dye binding.
Advisor: Professor Allan Splittgerber