Position:
Associate Vice President for Research at University of Georgia
Work:
University of Georgia
since Aug 2007
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Associate Vice President for Research
Education:
California Institute of Technology 1975 - 1979
Ph.D., Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1971 - 1975
B.S., Chemistry
Skills:
Biofuels, Proteomics, Genomics, NMR spectroscopy, Protein Chemistry, Protein Purification, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Protein Expression, Spectroscopy, Molecular Cloning, Science, Microbiology, Lifesciences
Interests:
The Scott group conducts research in the general areas of biophysical chemistry. Major current research projects include the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy to study the structure of metals in biological systems, including metal binding sites in metallosensors and metalloregulators, as well as study of the metalloproteome. We also have an interest in selenobiology and the use of selenium substitution for sulfur in the study of substrate and coenzyme interactions with metal sites. Our other significant interest is in the field of archaeal transcription initiation and regulation. We employ genomics and proteomics tools to discover new regulatory transcription factors in the hyperthermophilic marine archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. We apply this technology to learn about the regulatory and metabolic networks associated with hydrogen production, as an alternative biofuel.