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Dr. Erome Hankore serves as a Pathway to Faculty Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Wayne State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and postdoctoral research at the University of Kentucky's College of Pharmacy.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2019)
Dr. Hankore's research integrates chemical biology, protein engineering, and biocatalysis to develop innovative solutions for biotechnology and drug discovery. Her work focuses on kinase dynamics using proteomics approaches, genetic code expansion through unnatural amino acid incorporation, and engineering biocatalysts for sustainable pharmaceutical synthesis. She specializes in creating ATP analogs to study kinase-substrate interactions relevant to cancer metastasis, while advancing green chemistry applications for industrial compound production. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges molecular biology, biochemistry, and natural product chemistry to address challenges in drug discovery and biofuel development.
Her leadership extends beyond research as former President of the Society of Postdoctoral Scholars (SOPS) at the University of Kentucky (2021-2022) and Office of Technology Commercialization Fellow, where she facilitated researcher-to-industry technology transfers. Dr. Hankore has extensive teaching experience in introductory and organic chemistry laboratories, mentoring undergraduate and graduate research students while developing curriculum for recitation sections.
Her scholarly contributions demonstrate consistent focus on enzymatic mechanisms, with publications spanning enediyne biosynthesis, carboxylic acid reductase engineering, and kinase activity assays. Current work in her independent lab explores sustainable biocatalytic pathways for pharmaceutical synthesis and kinase-targeted cancer therapeutics through proteomics-driven approaches.
