Jonathan Caranto

Jonathan Caranto is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Central Florida's College of Sciences. His research focuses on novel nitrogen biochemistries with significance to neurodegeneration, infectious diseases, human therapeutics discovery, green chemistry development, and environmental bioremediation. The NOx Nation Research Group employs mechanistic enzymology, protein engineering, and natural product biosynthesis approaches.

Research interests center on:

• Nitrogen biochemistry pathways and their medical applications
• Enzyme mechanism characterization
• Protein engineering for therapeutic discovery
• Bioremediation of environmental contaminants
• Natural product biosynthesis engineering

Recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on metalloenzyme mechanisms, catalytic intermediates characterization, and microbial biochemistry. Article trends show advanced spectroscopic techniques combined with computational modeling to elucidate enzyme structures and reaction pathways in nitrogen metabolism.