Hoa Le Xuan

Hoa Le Xuan, M.Sc., is a Researcher in the Department of Biophysical Chemistry within the Faculty of Chemistry, actively engaged in biochemical research with recent conference presentations in 2024 on enzyme characterization and mutagenesis studies.

Research interests span multiple disciplines:

• Enzymology (focusing on bacterial type-III copper enzymes)
• Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry
• Microbiology (particularly Streptomyces griseus systems)
• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Pharmaceutical Science with antiretroviral chemistry applications

Current work investigates nitroso-forming activity modulation, iron incorporation effects in copper enzymes, and structure-function relationships of ortho-aminophenol oxidases, demonstrating expertise in protein engineering and catalytic mechanisms for pharmaceutical applications.

Recent 2025 publication in Angewandte Chemie highlights contributions to enzymatic activity selector identification, advancing understanding of bacterial enzyme systems with potential therapeutic relevance.

No scientific awards or honors were documented in available sources.

Collaborates closely with Annette Rompel on enzyme characterization projects; no student advising or grant management information is publicly accessible. Research group focuses on structural determination and mutagenesis of copper-dependent enzymes.