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Current Members

Dean R. Madden
Professor of Biochemistry

A.B., Physics, Harvard University. 1985
Ph.D., Biophysics, Harvard University. 1992
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University. 1992-93
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Physiology,  Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg. 1993-97
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg. 1997-2001
Joined the Dartmouth Faculty in 2001

email: dean.madden@dartmouth.edu
Office Location: 408A Vail
Telephone: +1 (603) 646-5197


Susu He

Research Scientist
Ph.D., Microbiology and Enzyme Engineering
Institut National des Sciences Appliquees, Toulouse, France. 2010

Research Interests

Bacterial transcription factors and their impact on virulence pathways.

Muhammed A. Kahn

Ph.D., Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Dartmouth College. 2024

Research Interests

Adam R. Simard

Ph.D. Candidate
B.S., Microbiology, University of Maine, Orono. 2015

Research Interests

Investigating the mechanisms in which epoxide hydrolysis by the virulence factor Cif can be modulated by interacting with nanobodies and small molecule inhibitors.

Zefeng Nie

Graduate Student
M.S., Analytical Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2022
B.S., Applied Chemistry/Biotechnology, Central China Normal University. 2019

Research Interests

How protein structure and dynamics determine its functions, and how this information can be used to inspire protein design.

Janice M. Galejs

Ph.D. Candidate
B.S., Biology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). 2013

Research Interests

Understanding how the supramolecular organization of PDZ domains in MPDZ (a protein with 13 PDZ domains) affects affinity and specificity for their target peptides.