Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate In Research
Chemistry,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Scholarly Works
Hyperpolarized <sup>15</sup>N<sub>2</sub>-Diazirine-Tagged MRI Probe for Monitoring γ-Glutamyl Transferase Activity.
Journal article ACS sensors · February 2026 The enzyme γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) plays an important role in redox homeostasis and is overexpressed in many different cancers. The ability to assess GGT activity provides critical insights into cancer prognosis and pathology. Here, we present a novel ... Full text CiteIdentification of New Modulators and Inhibitors of Palmitoyl-Protein Thioesterase 1 for CLN1 Batten Disease and Cancer.
Journal article ACS omega · March 2024 Palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1 (PPT1) is an understudied enzyme that is gaining attention due to its role in the depalmitoylation of several proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. PPT1 is overexpressed in several cancers, specificall ... Full text CiteQuantum Machine Learning Algorithms for Drug Discovery Applications.
Journal article Journal of chemical information and modeling · June 2021 The growing quantity of public and private data sets focused on small molecules screened against biological targets or whole organisms provides a wealth of drug discovery relevant data. This is matched by the availability of machine learning algorithms suc ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Developing Hyperpolarized Nitrogen-15 MRI Agents for Probing Glutamine Metabolism
ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027View All Grants