Jan Rainey

Jan Rainey is a Professor and Director of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Resource (NMR3) at Dalhousie University. She holds affiliations with the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, under the Faculty of Medicine. Her research focuses on characterizing protein structure and function in environments such as cell membranes and supramolecular assemblies, employing NMR spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, and computational methods. She has received significant awards including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award (2012-2017) and multiple NSERC fellowships.

Education: BSc (University of Guelph), MSc and PhD (University of Toronto), Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of Alberta). Her work bridges physical and biological chemistry, with emphasis on protein engineering, structural biology, and biomaterials. The NMR3 facility under her direction supports interdisciplinary research in these areas.

Research interests include spider silk mechanics, membrane protein interactions, and antimicrobial peptide design. Recent publications highlight advancements in biomaterials, protein dynamics, and GPCR functionality. She leads a team exploring protein structure-function relationships using cutting-edge spectroscopic and biophysical techniques.