معرفی
Ashlee M. Plummer-Medeiros serves as Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Director of Graduate Studies of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College, where she leads research on bacterial membrane proteins and their role in microbial pathogenesis within the Department of Chemistry.
Education
- B.S. in Chemistry from North Carolina State University
- Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics from Johns Hopkins University
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Medical School
Research Interests
Her work focuses on the functional, computational, and structural characterization of bacterial membrane proteins governing virulence mechanisms. She investigates how these proteins interact with lipid bilayers using integrated approaches including in vitro biochemical assays, structural biology techniques, cell-based assays, and molecular dynamics simulations. This research has direct implications for understanding disease pathways in atherosclerosis, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders through membrane protein dysfunction.
Awards
No scientific awards or fellowships were specified in the source material.
Advising and Grants
- Director of Graduate Studies for Chemistry, overseeing graduate program administration
- Research conducted through the Plummer Lab with methodology spanning experimental and computational domains
Laboratory
The Plummer Lab operates at the intersection of biological chemistry and structural biology, maintaining a multidisciplinary environment that combines wet-lab experimentation with computational modeling to dissect membrane protein behavior in pathogenic contexts.
