Benjamin Partridge and Kara Bren, Department of Chemistry
Honors
Provost’s Fellowship, University of Rochester (2023-2025)
Sherman-Clarke Fellowship, University of Rochester (2023-2024)
Departmental Honors in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Ursinus College (2022)
Outstanding Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Student Award, Ursinus College (2022)
Supporting Inclusive Excellence in Science Scholarship. Ursinus College (2019-2022)
Research Experience
June 2022-June 2023 Dr. Daniel W. Kulp, Wistar Institute. Rational vaccine design for influenza using a nanoparticle delivery system
June 2018-May 2022 Dr. Amanda J. Reig, Ursinus College. Biochemical and electrochemical characterization of Due Ferri single chain (DFsc) protein variants
August-November 2021 Dr. Oliver Schilling, University Medical Center of Freiburg. Clinical cancer proteomic clustering and statistical data analysis
June-August 2021 Dr. Olga V. Makhlynets, Syracuse University. Enzyme kinetics of mixed metal site DFsc protein variants
Current Research
My current research focuses on cytochromes c, a class of electron transfer protein. As a collaboration between the Partridge and Bren groups, one of my projects focuses on understanding the assembly process of Geobacter sulfurreducens’ OmcZ cytochrome nanowires and characterizing their electrochemical properties. In another project, I am investigating hydrogen evolution catalysis of horse heart cytochrome c mutants.
