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John Jewett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizona. He holds a BA from Dartmouth College (2003) and a PhD from the University of Chicago (2008), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley (2008–2011). His research focuses on developing chemical tools to probe biochemical environments, with particular emphasis on bioorganic chemistry, chemical biology, and synthetic methods. The Jewett Lab integrates organic chemistry with virology, entomology, and chemical biology to address questions of molecular selectivity across scales.
His work includes designing light-activated probes, fluorescent labeling agents, and reagents for viral surface modification. The lab’s interdisciplinary approach addresses challenges in protein modification, drug delivery, and biochemical detection under physiological conditions. Current projects explore the dynamics of peptidoglycan in pathogens and the development of acid-resistant reagents for biomedical applications.
John Jewett’s contributions span over 15 peer-reviewed articles since 2003, with recent work emphasizing triazabutadiene chemistry, photobasic functional groups, and gradient-free viral purification methods. His lab is located in the Chemical Sciences Building and actively collaborates across disciplines to advance chemical biology applications.
