Current Lab Members

Shujun Xia  – Shujun is a first-year graduate student in Chemistry. She is working on enzymes of the oxo-acid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase superfamily. email: sxia1 [at] bu.edu

Hania Bujnowska– Hania is a first-year graduate student in Chemistry. She is working on ferredoxins and other iron-sulfur cluster enzymes. email: hbandzou [at] bu.edu

Anusha Thiruvaipati – Anusha is a Ph.D. student in Chemistry, who has previously received her Masters at New Mexico State University. She works on heme-containing proteins of the bacterial cytochrome c peroxidase superfamily. email: anu1407 [at] bu.edu

Dr. Jessica Soares –Jessica is a post-doctoral scholar in the lab, having earned her PhD at RTPU (Kaiserslautern, Germany) with Prof. Antonio Pierik.  Native to Portugal, she is an avid fan of Brazilian football and iron-sulfur clusters. email: jcsoares [at] bu.edu

Shivam Kumar– Shivam is a graduate student who joined the lab in the spring 2022. He has earned a master’s degree in chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar. Currently, he is focusing on the electrochemical characterization of the OFOR superfamily. email: kshivam [at] bu.edu

Chenxi Liu – Chenxi is a MCBB graduate student. She is working on bacterial cytochrome c peroxidase family members. email: lcx [at] bu.edu

Ryan Pham– Ryan is a Chemistry PhD student, who was an undergraduate at UMass-Amherst.  He is working on members of the bacterial cytochrome c peroxidase superfamily. email: ryanpham [at] bu.edu

Taylan Tunckanat–  Taylan is a MCBB graduate student, working on iron-sulfur cluster proteins called ferredoxins. email: taylan [at] bu.edu