Kara L. Bren

Department of Chemistry                                                                                       Office:        (585) 275-4335

University of Rochester                                                                                         Fax:            (585) 276-0205

Rochester, NY 14627-0216                                                                                 bren@chem.rochester.edu

EDUCATION:

Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota (1987 – 1991) B.A., Chemistry (1991)

            Research:  1H NMR investigation of dynamics of carbohydrates

            Research Advisor:  Prof. Lynn Buffington

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (1991 – 1995) Ph.D., Chemistry (1996)

            Thesis:  Structurally Engineered Cytochromes c with Novel Ligand-Binding Properties

            Research Advisor:  Harry B. Gray

University of Florence, Florence, Italy (4/94 – 8/94; 4/95 – 5/95), visiting student

            Research:  NMR solution structures of paramagnetic heme proteins

            Research Advisor:  Ivano Bertini

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 2003 – present

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 1997 – 2003

Member of Biophysics and Structural Biology Cluster, University of Rochester, 1998 – present

Research:  Spectroscopic investigation of folding and dynamics of heme proteins. Analysis of electronic structure and electron transfer activity of heme proteins

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Davis, 1996 – 1997

            Research:  1H NMR studies of electronic and molecular structure of P. furiosus ferredoxin

            Research Advisor:  Gerd N. La Mar

LEADERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC FIELD

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry                                        2007-2010

Member, NIH Macromolecular Structure and Function A Study Section (MSFA)                  2005–2008

Session Moderator, Protein Structure and Folding, Graduate Research Seminar on

            Bioinorganic Chemistry                                                                                              2006

Member, DOE Review Panel on Basic Research for Hydrogen Fuel Initiative       2005

Moderator, Bioinorganic Oral Session, National Meeting of the ACS, Anaheim, CA               2004

Session Organizer and Moderator, Bioinorganic Chemistry Oral Session,

            Northeast Regional Meeting of the ACS, Rochester, NY                                            2004

Ad hoc Member, NIH Physical Biochemistry Special Emphasis Panel                                     2004

Guest Editor, Inorganic Chemistry Forum on Metalloprotein Folding                                    2004

Ad hoc Member, NIH Metallobiochemistry Study Section (twice)                                          2003

Ad hoc Member, NIH Biochemistry Study Section                                                                2003

Ad hoc Member, NIH Biochemistry Special Emphasis Panel                                                  2003

Moderator, Residual Structures in Unfolded Proteins Session, Gordon Research

            Conference on Protein Folding Dynamics, Ventura, CA                                              2002

Organizer, Third Annual Upstate New York NMR Symposium, Rochester, NY   2001

Invited Expert Analyst, ChemTracts Inorganic Chemistry                                                    2000–present

AWARDS AND HONORS:

American Chemical Society PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship Award                                     2006

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow                                                                                             2003–2005

Paul Saltman Memorial Lecturer                                                                                              2004

National Research Service Award (NIH Post-doctoral Fellow)                                                1996–1997

Eastman/Kodak Graduate Fellow                                                                                            1992–1995

Special Institute Fellow, Caltech                                                                                              1991–1992

Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa                                                                                                 1991

Nominated to Sigma Xi                                                                                                           1991

Exner Award (Carleton College)                                                                                             1991

Technology Policy Studies Fellow (Carleton College; sponsored by Sloan Foundation)             1990

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Chemical Society (Inorganic, Biological, and Physical subdivisions)

Phi Beta Kappa

Sigma Xi

Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry