Rachel Narehood Austin

Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry C-H and C-O bond activation Inorganic neurochemistry

• Chemical Problem Solving
• General Chemistry
• Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
• Advanced Spectroscopy Laboratory
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Quantitative Analysis Lab
• Quantitative Analysis Course
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities

• ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, 2024
• VISITING INVITED LECTURER, ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIURE, Paris France May 2017
• HENRY DREYFUS TEACHER-SCHOLAR AWARD
• 2004 KROEPSCH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
• Bates College 2001 HOECHST-CELENESE MERIT AWARD
• UNC-CH, 1995 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD
• UNC-CH, 1995 GRADUATE SCHOOL TRAVEL AWARD
• UNC-CH, 1994 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE TRAINEESHIP
• UNC-CH, 1993 GRADUATE SCHOOL MERIT FELLOWSHIP
• UNC-CH, 1991 HENRY ANDERSON AWARD
• UNC-G CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
• 1990 PHI BETA KAPPA, MAGNA CUM LAUDE
• 1990 TURRENTINE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP, UNC-G, 1989

• Editorial board member Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
• Editorial review board Frontiers in Microbiological Chemistry
• Member Graduate Faculty, University of Maine Orono
• Standing member NIH “Macromolecular structure and function A” study section, June 2006-2008
• U.S. and Canadian Representative for the French National Center for the Popularization of Knowledge – 1997-1999

RECENT INVITED LECTURES

Understanding mechanisms of C-X bond activation in heterogeneous catalysts and metalloenyzmes, University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry. November 19, 2024   

Catalytic approaches to selectively breaking C-F bonds New York Catalysis Meeting, October 10, 2024.

The role of metal ions in the structure and function of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB), Metals in Structural Biology SSRL/LCLS User meeting Stanford CA, September 27, 2024.

Exploring environmental (bio)inorganic chemistry with friends, students, and collaborators, American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, March 18, 2024.

Exploring the structure and function of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB): a key metalloenzyme in the carbon cycle, Advanced Science Research Center & CCNY seminar series in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biodesign, CUNY, December 6 2023.

Understanding mechanisms of metalloenzyme mediated alkane oxidation, Columbia University Department of Chemistry, November 30, 2023.

Understanding mechanisms of metalloenzyme mediated alkane oxidation, Rutgers University, October 24, 2023

Selective C-H bond activation of alkanes: Collaborating with nature to develop sustainable chemistry  Nichols Medal Symposium, April 14, 2023.

Probing the influence of metal oxide nanoparticle surfaces in catalysis, October 4, 2022 New England Regional ACS Meeting Metal Oxide Symposium, Rochester, NY.

Electron-transfer proteins associated with the alkane hydroxylase AlkB, May 19, 2022, Chemistry Department, University of Erlangen, Erlangen Germany.

Probing the influence of metal oxide nanoparticle surfaces in catalysis, Spring 2022 ACS Meeting, San Diego CA.

Exploring the structure and function of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB): a key metalloenzyme in the environment, Spring 2022 ACS Meeting, San Diego CA.

Exploring the structure and function of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB): a key metalloenzyme in the carbon cycle  ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Periodic Table Talk, February 16, 2022.

Catalytic activity of the non-heme diiron alkane monooxygenase AlkB Pacifichem, December 18 2021

Exploring the structure and function of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB): a key metalloenzyme in the environment,  Distinguished Women in Science Seminar Series, Stanford University Department of Chemistry, November 22, 2021.

Teaching chemistry through the lens of environmental lead exposure: A story of student-led collaboration in the lab and classroom. Fall 2021 ACS meeting, August 23, 2021.

Alkane oxidizing enzymes in the environment: What we can learn from integrating bioinorganic chemistry, microbiology, and –omic databases University of Washington Biochemistry Department Seminar, February 16, 2021.

Invited talk, EUROBIC 2020 Iceland August 2020

Catalytic activity of non-heme diiron monooxygenases, graduate student invitee, Princeton University February 12, 2020.

Catalytic activity of non-heme diiron alkane monooxygenases, University of Maryland, Baltimore County September 29 2019

Thinking about metals in the brain through the lens of the CNS-specific protein metallothionein-3 (MT3), University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, September 28, 2019

Disentangling the cellular biology of metallothionein-3 (MT3), International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry (ICBIC), Interlaken Switzerland August 11-16 2019

Designing nanomaterials for catalysis, Introduction to Materials and Nanoscience, Columbia University, July 22 2019

Keynote talk Untangling the cellular biology of metallothionein-3 (MT3) in the brain, 7th International Symposium on Metallomics, Warsaw Poland June 30-July 4 2019

Alkane oxidizing enzymes in the environment: What we can learn from integrating bioinorganic chemistry, microbiology, and –omic data bases Department of Chemistry, Düsseldorf, May 10 2019

C-O bond breaking and bond forming strategies: lessons from biology and heterogeneous biofuels catalysts, Wesleyan University, March 1 2019

From trees to fuel: the role of nanomaterials in biofuels catalysis, Introduction to Materials and Nanoscience, Columbia University, July 31 2018

Metals in Life and Catalysis, Intensive Seminars in Chemistry, Columbia University, July 5   2018

AlkB: Structure-function insights and questions Feng group, Stanford University, June 29 2018.

Bridging scales: A mechanistic perspective on selected problems in environmental inorganic chemistry, Pomona College, June 28 2018 

C-O bond breaking and bond forming strategies: lessons from biology and heterogeneous biofuels catalysts, Fordham University, April 25 2018.

Alkane oxidizing enzymes in the environment: What we can learn from integrating bioinorganic chemistry, microbiology, and –omic data bases, ACS meeting, Bader Symposium in Honor of Alison Butler New Orleans, March 2018.

Catalytic activity of non-heme diiron monooxygenases, Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference, January 23 2018.

Catalytic activity of non-heme diiron monooxygenases, Penn State University, January 12 2018.

C-O bond breaking and bond forming strategies: lessons from biology and heterogeneous biofuels catalysts, University of Pennsylvania, January 9 2018.

Catalytic activity of non-heme diiron monooxygenases, Haverford College, October 6 2017.

Implications of lead binding to zinc metalloproteins for understanding mechanisms of lead neurotoxicity  NIH workshop, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources at NHLBI/NIH.  September 18 2017. 

Metals in Life and Catalysis, Summer Research Institute, Barnard College, July 26 2017

Thermodynamics of Pb(II) and Zn(II) binding to MT-3, implications for MT-3 structure and function, International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry, ISABC, June 7-11 2017 Toulouse France

Bridging scales: A mechanistic perspective on selected problems in environmental bioinorganic chemistry, May 22 2017 Universite de Barcelona

Bridging scales: A biophysical perspective on selected problems in environmental bioinorganic chemistry, May 19 2017, Fédération des Sciences Chimiques de Marseille

Strategies for oxygen insertion and deoxygenation, May 17 2017, École Normale  Supérieure, Paris France

Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry, May 16 2017, École Normale Supérieure, Paris France

C-O bond breaking and bond forming strategies: lessons from biology and heterogeneous biofuels catalysts, May 15 2017, Culturechem, Paris France

Metalloneurochemistry, May 10 2017, École Normale Supérieure, Paris France

Bridging scales: A biophysical perspective on selected problems in environmental bioinorganic chemistry, May 8 2017, Biophysics Seminar Series, Kaiserslautern Germany

Bioinorganic Chemistry: Understanding, Controlling, and Learning from Metals in Biology, May 3 2017, École Normale Supérieure, Paris France

Research experiences in the chemistry and biochemistry curriculum at Barnard College: A structure that supports student learning, faculty development, and safety for a diverse population, American Chemical Society Meeting, San Francisco April 2-7, 2017. 

Core-Shell Hypothesis for P25 and P90 TiO2, Simon Bilinge Group, Department of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University February 10, 2017.

Bioinorganic Chemistry: Understanding, Controlling, and Learning from Metals in Biology, Iona College, February 7, 2017, New Rochelle NY

Catalytic activity of non-heme diiron monooxygenases, Catalysis symposium, ACS SE regional meeting, Columbia SC, October 26, 2016

Bridging scales: A molecular perspective on selected problems in environmental (bio) inorganic chemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Department of Chemistry, October 21, 2016

Rational catalyst design for direct deoxygenation catalysts, NY ACS Frontiers of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Columbia University September 2, 2016

Using TEM to shed light on highly selective catalysts for biofuels upgrading, TEM users training workshop, Columbia University August 12, 2016

Exploring structure-function relationships in alkane oxidizing enzymes, Group meeting  Groves Group, Princeton University, July 15, 2016.

Alkane oxidizing enzymes in the environment: What we can (and hope to) learn from integrating bioinorganic chemistry, microbiology, and –omic data bases, Rutgers University Department of Molecular and Microbiology, April 8 2016

Bridging scales: A molecular perspective on selected problems in environmental (bio) inorganic chemistry, Columbia University Department of Chemistry, October 2015.

Bridging scales: A molecular perspective on selected problems in environmental (bio) inorganic chemistry, Brooklyn College Department of Chemistry, October 2015.

Alkane oxidizing enzymes in the marine environment: What we can learn from integrating biochemistry, microbiology, and –omic data bases. CanBic, Parry Sound, May 2015.

Alkane oxidizing enzymes: What can we learn from integrating biochemistry, microbiology, and –omic data bases? Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay Harbor, ME March 2015.

From the molecular to the global: Alkane Oxidation in oil-impacted environments White Research Group, Haverford College July 2014.

Structure and function of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB) Groves Research Group, Princeton University, July 2014.

From the molecular to the global: Alkane Oxidation in oil-impacted environments Barnard College, April 30, 2014.

What is the relationship between the structure and function of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB)? Rosenzweig Research Group, Northwestern University, November 2013.

Lead-binding to metallothionein ACS meeting, San Diego, CA March 25-29, 2012.

From the molecular to the global: Alkane Oxidation in oil-impacted environments ACS meeting, San Diego, CA March 25-29, 2012.

Exploring the biochemical basis of lead’s developmental effects on children University of New England School of Pharmacy March 10, 2012.

Oil spills, Dead Zones, and Environmental Alkane Oxidation University of North Carolina Greensboro, September 23, 2011.

Oil spills, Dead Zones, and Environmental Alkane Oxidation New England Chemistry Teachers Association Annual Meeting, August 1-4, 2011.

A bioinorganic perspective on alkane oxidation College of Rhode Island, December 3 2010.

Recent advances in understanding the reaction mechanism of alkane hydroxylase (AlkB), a key metalloenzyme in the carbon cycle Penn State Frontiers of Metallobiochemistry June 2-5 2010.

1. The structure and function of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB), John. T. Groves, Liang Feng, Rachel N Austin, Account of Chemical Research, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00590

2. Zinc localization and Speciation in Rice Grain Under Variable Soil Zinc Deficiency, Yating Shen, Elizabeth Wiita, Athena A Nghiem, Jingyu Liu, Ezazul Haque, Rachel N Austin, Chheng Y Seng, Khongkea Phan, Yan Zheng, Benjamin Bostick, Plant and Soil, 2023, 491, 605-626.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-06140-1

3. Structure and mechanism of the alkane-oxidizing enzyme AlkB, Xue Guo, Jianxiu Zhang, Lei Han, Juliet Lee, Shoshana C. Williams, Allison Forsberg, Yan Xu, Rachel Narehood Austin*, Liang Feng*, Nature Communications, 14, 2180, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37869-z
4. Direct Evidence for sulfur-induced deep electron and hole traps in titania and implication for photochemistry, Amir Rahmani Shokanlu, Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Liping Yu, Thomas J. Schwartz, Rachel N. Austin, Brian G. Frederick, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2023, 127, 6754-6767.
5. Metallothionein-3 attenuates the effect of Cu2+ ions on actin filaments, Rabina Lakha, Carla Hachicho, Matthew R. Mehlenbacher, Dean E. Wilcox, Rachel N. Austin, Christina L. Vizcarra, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (JIB), 2023, 243, 112157.
6. Metal Binding and Interdomain Thermodynamics of Mammalian Metallothionein-3: Enthalpically Favoured Cu+ Supplants Entropically Favoured Zn2+ to form Cu+4 Clusters Under Physiological Conditions.  Matthew R. Mehlenbacher, Rahma Elsiesy, Rabina Lakha, Rhiza Lyn E. Villones, Marina Orman, Christian L. Vizcarra, Gabriele Meloni, Dean E. Wilcox, Rachel N. Austin, Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 5289 – 5304  DOI: 10.1039/D2SC00676F
7. An overview of the electron-transfer proteins that activate alkane monooxygenase (AlkB) Shoshana Williams and Rachel Narehood Austin, Front. Microbiol. (Microbiological Chemistry), 2022, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.845551
8. An alkane monooxygenase (AlkB) family in which all electron transfer partners are covalently bound to the oxygen-activating hydroxylase Shoshana C. Williams, Dahlia Luongo, Marina Orman, Christina L. Vizcarra, Rachel N. Austin, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2022, 228, PMCID 34990970
9. Chemistry and Racism: A special topics course for students taking general chemistry at Barnard College in Fall 2020" Lauren Babb and Rachel Narehood Austin, J. Chem. Ed. 2021  DOI: 10.1012/acs/jchemed.1c00325
10. Investigation of the Prevalence and Catalytic Activity of Fused-Rubredoxin Alkane Monooxygenases (AlkBs) Shoshana C. Williams, Allison P. Forsberg, Juliet Lee, Christina Vizcarra, Allison Lopatkin, Rachel N. Austin, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2021, 219,  111409-111417. PMID 3375212
11. Au/TiO2 Catalyzed Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation on Morphologically Precise Anatase Nanoparticles.  Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Janine Sempel, Maya Hoffman, Aisha Oza, Ellie Bennett, Jonathan Owen, Amir Rahmani Chokanu, Brian G. Frederick, Rachel Narehood Austin, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, 13, 11793-11804 doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c20442.
12. Combining Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation Saturation Kinetics and Hammett Studies as Mechanistic Tools for Examining Supported Metal Catalysts, Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Janine Sempel, Lauren Babb, Maya Hoffman, Todd N. Whittaker, Bert D. Chandler, Rachel N. Austin, ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 10207-10215. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c02212
13. Teaching Chemistry in Context: Environmental Lead Exposure – quantification and interpretation  Rachel Narehood Austin, Ann McDermott, Katrina Korfmacher, Laura Arbelaez, Jamie Bousleiman, Arminda Downey-Mavromatis, Rahma Elsiesy, Sohee Ki, Meena Rao, Shoshana Williams  Chapter in Environmental Discourses Ed. Stephanie Pfirman , Hilary Callaghan, and Maria Rivera Maulucci, published 2023
14. Elevated zinc transporter ZnT3 in the dentate gyrus of mast cell deficient mice. Amen Wiqas, Joseph LeSauter, Alana Taub, Rachel Narehood Austin, Rae Silver, European Journal of Neuroscience, 2019, doe 10.1111/ejn.14575 
15. Quantitative structural characterization of catalytically active TiO2 nanoparticles Soham Banerjee, Amirali Zangiabadi, Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Samra Husremovic, Brian G. Frederick, Katayun Barmak, Rachel Narehood Austin, Simon J. L. Billinge, ACS Applied Nano 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b01246
16. Use of Surface Hydroxyl Frequencies to Identify the Exposed Facets of Pyrogenic TiO2 Nanoparticles Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Juan M. Arce-Ramos, Rachel N. Austin, Thomas J. Schwartz, Lars C. Grabow, Brian G. Frederick Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019, 123, 24533-24548.
17. Titania surface chemistry and its influence on supported metal catalysts Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Samra Husremovic, Sohee Ki, Jessica Glynn, Lauren Babb, Janine Sempel, Ioannis Stavrinoudis, Juan Manuel Arce Ramos, Lars C. Grabow, Thomas J. Schwartz, Ryan Nelson, Brian Frederick, Rachel Narehood Austin Polyhedron 2019, 170, 41-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2019.05.012
18. Pb(II) binding to the brain specific mammalian metallothionein isoform MT3 and its isolated αMT3 and βMT3 domains Catalina Pérez-Zúñiga, Àngels Leiva-Presa, Rachel N. Austin, Mercè Capdevila, Òscar Palacios, Metallomics 2019, 11, 349-361. DOI: 10.1039/c8mt00294k
19. The Enigmatic P450 Decarboxylase OleT is Capable of, but Evolved to Frustrate, Oxygen Rebound Chemistry  Chun Hsieh, Xiongyi Huang, Jose Amaya, Cooper Rutland, Carson Keys John T. Groves, Rachel N. Austin, Thomas Makris Biochemistry,  2017, 56, 3347-3357.   Doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00338
20. Function of Metallothionein-3 in Neuronal Cells: Do Metal Ions Alter Expression Levels of MT3?  Jamie Bousleiman, Alexa Pinsky, Sohee Ki, Angela Su, Irina Morozova, Sergey Kalachikov, Amen Wiqas, Rae Silver, Mary Sever, Rachel Narehood Austin International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2017 18, 1133, doi: 10.3390/ijms18061133. 
21. An Advanced Spectroscopy Lab that Integrates Art, Commerce, and Science as Students Determine the Electronic Structure of the Common Pigment Carminic Acid  Suqing Liu, Asami Odate, Isabella Buscarino, Jacqueline Chou, Kathleen Frommer, Margeaux Miller, Alison Scorese, Marisa C. Buzzeo, Rachel Narehood Austin. J. Chem. Ed.  2016 DOI:10.1012/acs.jchemed.6b00644. 
22. Editorial “Special issue: Neurochemistry of lead and manganese”  Rachel Narehood Austin, Jennifer Freeman, Tomas Guilarte  Metallomics, 2016, 8, 561-562 DOI: 10.1039/C6MT90017H 
23. Lead neurotoxicity: Exploring the potential impact of lead substitution in zinc-finger proteins on metal health Jacqueline M. Ordemann and Rachel N. Austin, Metallomics, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C5MT00300H
24. Thermodynamics of Pb(II) and Zn(II) binding to MT-3, a neurologically important metallothionein Molly Carpenter, Adnan Shami Shah, Sachith DeSilva, Astrid Gleaton, Angela Su, Ben Goundie, Molly Croteau, Michael Stevenson, Dean E. Wilcox, Rachel N. Austin, Metallomics, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/c5mt00209e.
25. Experimental and theoretical insights into the hydrogen-efficient direct hydrodeoxygenation mechanism of phenol over Ru/TiO2 Ryan Nelson, Byeongjin Baek, Pamela Ruiz, Ben Goundie, Ashley Brooks, M. Clayton Wheeler, Brian G. Frederick, Lars C. Grabow, Rachel Narehood Austin, ACS Catalysis 2015, 11, 6509-6523.
26. Protocols for purifying and characterizing integral membrane AlkB enzymes Rachel Narehood Austin, David Born, Thomas J. Lawton, and Grace E. Hamilton Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols, 2015.
27. Editorial “Metallomics: Metals in Marine Biochemistry” Rachel Narehood Austin and Mak Saito Metallomics 2014, 6. 1121-1125 Guest Editor of special issue.
28. What is known, and not known, about alkane oxidation and metal uptake in Alkanotrophs in the marine environment? Rachel Narehood Austin, Grace E. Kenney, Amy C. Rosenzweig, Metallomics 2014, 6, 1121-1125 DOI:10.1039/C4MT00041B pub med id 24710692
29. Effects of support identify and metal dispersion in supported ruthenium hydrodeoxygenation catalysts Cody Newman, Xiaobo Zhou, Ben Goundie, I. Tyrone Ghampson, Rachel A Pollock, Zachery Ross, M. Clayton Wheeler, Robert W. Meulenberg, Rachel N Austin, Brian G. Frederick, Applied Catalysis A 2014, 477, 64-74.
30. Microbial enzymes that oxidize hydrocarbons Rachel N. Austin and Amy V. Callaghan, Front. Microbiol. (Microbiological Chemistry) 2013 (ebook as well) Guest Editor of Special Issue, which was a top 10 Frontiers ebook in 2014).
31. Identity and mechanisms of alkane-oxidizing metalloenzymes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents Rachel Narehood Austin, Erin M. Bertrand, John T Groves, Costantino Vetriani, Ramaydalis Keddis, Front. Microbiol. (Microbiological Chemistry) 2013, 4:109.
32. Substrate specificity and reaction mechanism of purified alkane hydroxylase (AlkB) from the hydrocarbonoclastus bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis Swe-Htet Naing, Saba Parvez, Marilla Pender-Cudlip, John T. Groves, Rachel N. Austin, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2013, 121, 46-52.
33. Parallel and Competitive Pathways for Substrate Desaturation, Hydroxylation, and Radical Rearrangement by the Non-heme Diiron Hydroxylase AlkB Harriet L. R. Cooper, Girish Mishra, Xiongyi Huang, Marilla Pender-Cudlip, Rachel N. Austin, John Shanklin and John T. Groves J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20365–20375.
34. Editorial “Metallomics: emerging investigators” Rachel Narehood Austin Metallomics 2012, 4, 863-865. Guest Editor of Special Issue.
35. Guaiacol hydrodeoxygenation on MoS2 catalysts: Influence of activated carbon support. P. E. Ruiz, B. G. Frederick, W. J. DeSisto, R. N. Austin, L. R. Radovic, K. Leiva, R. Garcia, N. Escalona, M. C. Wheeler, Catalyst Communications 2012, 27, 44-48.
36. Genome Sequence of Desulfatibacillum alkenovorans AK-O1: The Blueprint for Anaerobic Alkane Oxidation A. V. Callaghan, B. E. L. Morris, I. A. C. Pereira, M. J. McInerney, R. N. Austin, J. T. Groves, J. J. Kukor, J. M. Suflita, L. Y. Young, G. Z. Zylstra, B. Wawrik Environmental Microbiology, 2012, 14, 1010-1013. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02516.x
37. Alkane-oxidizing metalloenzymes in the carbon cycle: A Critical Review Rachel Narehood Austin and John T. Groves, Metallomics, 2011, 3(8) 775-787 DOI:10.1039/C1MT00048A.
38. Effects of pore diameter on particle size, phase, and turnover frequency in mesoporous silica supported cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalysts, I.T. Ghampson C. Newman, L. Kong E. Pier, K. D. Hurley, R. A. Pollock, B. R. Walsh, B. Goundie J. Wright, M. C. Wheeler, R. Meulenberg, W.J. DeSisto, B. G. Frederick, and R.N. Austin Applied Catalysis A 2010 388(1-2), 57-67. doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2010.08.028
39. Cage escape competes with geminate recombination during alkane hydroxylation by the diiron oxygenase AlkB, Rachel N. Austin, Kate Luddy, Karla Erickson, Marilla Pender-Cudlip, Erin Bertrand, Dayi Deng, Ryan S. Buzdygon, Jan B. van Beilen, John T. Groves Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed., Engl. 2008 47(28) 5232-5234
40. Radical intermediates in monooxygenase reactions of rieske dioxygenases Sarmistha Chakrabarty, Rachel N. Austin, Dayi Deng, John T. Groves, John D. Lipscomb, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3514-3515.
41. Profiling mechanisms of alkane hydroxylase activity in vivo using the diagnostic substrate norcarane Elena A. Rozhkova-Novosad, Jong-Chan Chae, Gerben J. Zylstra, Erin M. Bertrand, Marselle Alexander-Ozinskas, Dayi Deng, Luke A. Moe, Jan B. van Beilen, Michael Danahy, John T. Groves, Rachel N. Austin, Chemistry and Biology 2007 14, 165-172.
42. The diagnostic substrate bicyclohexane reveals a radical mechanism for bacterial Cytochrome P450 in whole cells Rachel N, Austin, Dayi Deng, Yongying Jiang, Kate Luddy, Jan B. van Beilen, Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano, John T. Groves, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed., Engl. 2006, 45(48), 8192-8194.
43. Reaction mechanisms of non-heme diiron hydroxylases characterized in whole cells Erin M. Bertrand, Ryo Sakai, Elena Rozhkova-Novosad, Luke Moe, Brian G. Fox, John T. Groves, Rachel N. Austin, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2005, 99(10), 1998-2006.
44. Remarkable Aliphatic Hydroxylation by Diiron Enzyme Toluene 4-Monooxygenase in Reactions with Radical/Cation Diagnostic Probes Norcarane, 1,1-Dimethylcyclopropane, and 1,1-Diethylcyclopropane Luke A. Moe, Zhengbo Hu, Dayi Deng, Rachel N. Austin, John T. Groves, and Brian G. Fox, Biochemistry, 2004, 43(50), 15688-15701.
45. Xylene Monooxygenase, a membrane-spanning non-heme diiron enzyme that hydroxylates hydrocarbons via a substrate radical intermediate Rachel N. Austin, Kate Buzzi, Eungbin Kim, Gerben Zylstra, John T. Groves, Journal of BioInorganic Chemistry, 2003, 8, 733-740
46. The photodecomposition of carbaryl in the presence of silver-doped Zeolite Y and Suwannee River Natural Organic Matter Marsha Kanan, Sofian M. Kanan, Rachel Narehood Austin, Howard H. Patterson. Environmental Science and Technology, 2003, 37, 2280-2285.
47. Intermediate Q from soluble Methane Monooxygenase (sMMO) hydroxylates the mechanistic substrate probe norcarane: Evidence for a Stepwise Reaction Brian J. Brazeau, Rachel N. Austin, Carly Tarr, John T. Groves, John D. Lipscomb, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 11831-11837.
48. Photoluminescence and Raman Spectroscopy as Probes to Investigate Silver and Gold Dicyanide Clusters Doped in A-Zeolite and Understand the Mechanism of the Photoassisted Degradation of Carbaryl Sofian M. Kanan, Carl P. Tripp, Rachel N. Austin, Howard H. Patterson, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2001, 105, 9441-9448.
49. Environmental Topics in the Undergraduate General and Analytical Chemistry Curriculum Thomas J. Wenzel and Rachel N. Austin, Environmental Science and Technology, 2001, 35(15) 326A-331A.
50. The Non-Heme Diiron Alkane Monooxygenase of Pseudomonas oleovorans (AlkB) Hydroxylates via a Substrate Radical Intermediate Rachel N. Austin, Hung-Kuang Chang, Gerben Zylstra, John T. Groves, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 11747-8.
51. Characterization of iron(III)tetramesityl porphyrin and microperoxidase-8 in the molecular sieve MCM-41 Volker Schünemann, Alfred X. Trautwein, Ivonne M. C. M. Rietjens, Marelle G. Boersma, Cees Veeger, Dominique Mandon, Raymond Weiss, Kapil Bahl, Christopher Colapietro, Martin Piech, Rachel N. Austin, Inorganic Chemistry. 1999, 38(21), 4901-4905.
52. Compound I and Compound II Analogues from a Porpholactone K. Jayaraj, A. Gold, R.N. Austin, L.M. Ball, J. Terner, D. Mandon, R. Weiss, J. Fischer, A. DeCian, M. Müther, E. Bill, A.X. Trautwein. Inorganic Chemistry. 1997, 36(20), 4555-4566.
53. Molecular Structure of the Chloroiron (III) Derivative of the Meso-Unsubstituted, Pyrrole -substituted (2,7,12,17 Tetramethyl - 3,8,13,18 Tetramesityl) Porphyrin and the Weak Ferromagnetic Exchange Interaction in the Corresponding A1u Oxoiron (IV) Porphyrin π-Cation Radical Complex K. Ayougou, D. Mandon, J. Fischer, R. Weiss, M. Müther, E. Bill, V. Schünemann, A.X. Trautwein, J. Terner, K. Jayaraj, R.N. Austin, A. Gold. Chem. Eur. J. 1996, 2(9), 1159-1163.
54. Role of O-acetyltransferase in activation of oxidised metabolites of the genotoxic environmental pollutant 1-nitropyrene P.F. Roser, P. Ramachandran, R. Sangaiah, R.N. Austin, A. Gold, L.M. Ball. Mutation Research, 1996, 369, 209-220.
55. Influence of meso Substituents on Electronic States of Oxoferryl Porphyrin π-Cation Radicals K. Jayaraj, J. Terner, A. Gold, D.A. Roberts, R.N. Austin, D. Mandon, R. Weiss, E. Bill, A.X. Trautwein, Inorganic Chemistry, 1996, 35, 1632-1640.
56. Compound I and II Analogues of a Chlorin K. Jayaraj, A. Gold, R.N. Austin, D. Mandon, R. Weiss, J. Terner, E. Bill, M. Müther, A.X. Trautwein. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 9079-9080.
57. Synthesis and Properties of Novel Substituted 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindenes and Selected Metal Complexes Rachel N. Austin, T. Jeffrey Clark, Thomas E. Dickson, Christopher M. Kilian, Terence A. Nile, Daniel J. Schabacker. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 1995, 491, 11.
58. Spin Coupling in Distorted High-Valent Fe(IV)-Porphyrin Radical Complexes M. Müther, E. Bill, A.X. Trautwein, D. Mandon, R. Weiss, A. Gold, K. Jayaraj, R.N. Austin. Hyperfine Interactions, 1994, 91, 803-808.
59. Conformational Effects on the Redox Potentials of Tetraarylporphyrins Halogenated at the β-Pyrrole Positions Philippe Ochsenbein, Khajida Ayougou, Dominique Mandon, Jean Fischer, Raymond Weiss, Rachel N. Austin, Karupiah Jayaraj, Avram Gold. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1994, 33, 348-350.
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