Protein Structure and the Energetics of Protein Stability

Andrew D. Robertson was born in Manhattan Beach, CA, in 1959. He received his B.A. in Biology from the University of California at San Diego in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1988. After postdoctoral training at Stanford University, he joined the faculty in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Iowa in 1991, where he is now an Associate Professor. His major research interest is the relationship between protein conformation and the energetics of protein stability and function. Current research is focused on the thermodynamics and kinetics of conformational interconversions in proteins at the level of individual amino acid residues.

Kenneth P. Murphy was born in Lafayette, IN, in 1963. He received his B.A. in Chemistry in 1986 from Metropolitan State College in Denver, CO, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1990. Following three years of postdoctoral studies at the Johns Hopkins University, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1993. His research has focused on understanding the relationship between structure and energetics in protein stability and binding using calorimetry as a primary experimental technique. He was awarded the Stig Sunner Memorial Award by the 50th Calorimetry Conference for his contributions to this field.