{"id":2971,"date":"2014-08-18T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T15:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about-hmc\/?p=2971"},"modified":"2014-08-18T08:36:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T15:36:13","slug":"chemistry-professor-published-in-journal-of-chemical-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2014\/08\/18\/chemistry-professor-published-in-journal-of-chemical-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry Professor Published in Journal of Chemical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey Mudd Professor of Chemistry Hal Van Ryswyk has teamed with Carleton College Professor of Chemistry Deborah Gross to publish a paper in the<em> Journal of Chemical Education<\/em> exploring a novel technique for probing the structure of large molecules.<\/p>\n<p>Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is a new, powerful technique for probing molecular structures, especially those of biological interest.\u00a0In their paper, titled \u201cExamination and Manipulation of Protein Surface Charge in Solution with Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry,\u201d the chemists describe SNAPP-MS\u2014selective non-covalent adduct protein probing mass spectrometry\u2014a technique that allows for the detailed examination of surface charges on proteins in solution.<\/p>\n<p>Detailing surface charges is a necessary step in understanding protein folding and the three-dimensional structure of biomolecules.\u00a0Both Carleton and Harvey Mudd College have ESI-MS instruments that are relatively uncommon in undergraduate colleges.\u00a0Gross developed an open-ended laboratory experiment that illustrates the power of ESI-MS, and Van Ryswyk helped adapt it to other techniques.\u00a0Several student researchers from both colleges were also active on the project.<\/p>\n<p>The idea to pursue the research began in January 2011 when Van Ryswyk visited Carleton\u2019s Department of Chemistry as an external reviewer. (Coincidentally, Van Ryswyk earned his bachelor\u2019s degree from Carleton College in 1982.) Van Ryswyk, whose research focuses on solar energy conversion, and Gross, whose expertise is in atmospheric chemistry, had mutual interest in the novel ESI-MS technique and decided to team up on the research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a new field for me, pretty far removed from my main-line research,\u201d says Van Ryswyk.\u00a0\u201cIt&#8217;s also quite far removed from Professor Gross&#8217; work.\u00a0This was a case of a cool idea that we explored together for the simple joy of advancing the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Journal of Chemical Education<\/em> is the world\u2019s premier chemical education journal and the official journal of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society, co-published with the American Chemical Society Publications Division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey Mudd Professor of Chemistry Hal Van Ryswyk has teamed with Carleton College Professor of Chemistry Deborah Gross to publish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14,26],"class_list":["post-2971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chemistry","category-faculty","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}