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Research Interests

Our lab's research interests are in the area of bioinorganic chemistry and metallobiochemistry. We investigate the roles of metal ions in the catalytic activity of metalloenzymes, and the mechanisms of acquisition of transition metal ions by microbes.

Click on the links below for further descriptions of our two main investigations.


Siderophores: Microbially produced ligands for iron acquisition Vanadium haloperoxidase enzymes