Jhenny Galan

Research Interests

Chemistry

• Structure-function relationship studies of protein systems using all-atom and coarse-grain molecular dynamics simulations
• Testing and validation of coarse-grain forcefield for proteins
• Computational studies of the membrane translocation ability of heteroaromatic foldamers and its implications in drug delivery
• Understanding conformational preferences of aromatic oligoamide foldamers using theoretical methods
• Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Physical and Computational Chemistry University of Connecticut, 2006
• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry University of the Philippines, 1996

Courses Taught

• CHEM 101: Fundamentals of Chemistry I
• CHEM 101 HNR: Fundamentals of Chemistry I Honors
• CHEM 102: Fundamentals of Chemistry II
• CHEM 102 HNR: Fundamentals of Chemistry II Honors
• CHEM 322: Physical Chemistry for Engineers
• CHEM 489: Physical Chemistry Laboratory
• MARS 360: Biochemistry
• MARS 428: Coastal Development and Human Health

Publications

• Galinato, M. G. I*., Fogle, R. S. III., Stetz, A., Galan, J. F*. Modulating the nitrite reductase activity of globins by varying the heme substituents: Using myoglobin as a model system. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 154, 7-20, 2016.
• Galan, Jhenny F., Germany, E., Pawlowski, A., Strickland, L., Galinato, M.G. Theoretical and Spectroscopic Analysis of N,N’-Diphenylurea and N,N’-Dimethyl-N,N’-diphenylurea Conformations. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 118, 5304-5315, 2014
• Galinato, M.G., Fogle III, R. S. and Galan, Jhenny F. Binding interaction of hypocrellin B to myoglobin: a spectroscopic and computational study. Spectrochimica Acta A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 115, 337-344, 2013
• Galan, Jhenny F., Tang, Chi N., Chakrabarty, Shubhasis, Liu, Zhiwei, Moyna, Guillermo, and Pophristic, Vojislava. Conformational Preferences of Furan- and Thiophene-based Arylamides: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 11883-11892, 2013
• Chen, M. S., Sandberg, D. J., Babu, K. R., Bubis, J., Surya, A., Ramos, L.S., Galan, J.F., Sandberg, M., Birge, R. and Knox, B.E. Conserved residues in the extracellular loops of short-wavelength cone visual pigments, Biochemistry, 50 (32), 6763-6773, 2011
• Galan, Jhenny F., Brown, Jodian, Wildin, Jayme L., Liu, Zhiwei, Liu, Dahui, Moyna, Guillermo, and Pophristic, Vojislava. Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in ortho-Substituted Arylamide Oligomers: A Computational and Experimental Study of ortho-Fluoro and ortho-Chloro N-methylbenzamides. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(38), 12809-12815, 2009.
• Galan, Jhenny F., Gao, J. , Pabuwal, V. , Meek, P.J. and Li, Z. Application of Network Theory in Understanding and Predicting Protein Structure and Function. Current Proteomics, 5, 181-190, 2008
• Amora, Tabitha, Ramos, Lavoisier, Galan, Jhenny F. and Birge, Robert, R. Spectral Tuning of Deep Red Cone Pigments. Biochemistry, 47(16), 4614-4620, 2008
• Rangarajan, Rekha, Galan, Jhenny F., Whited, Gregg, and Birge, Robert R.   The Mechanism of Spectral Tuning of Green-Absorbing Proteorhodopsin, Biochemistry, 46 (44), 12679-12686, 2007
• Hillebrecht, Jason R., Galan, Jhenny F., Rangarajan, Rekha, Ramos, Lavoisier R., McCleary, Kristina N., Ward, Donald E., Stuart, Jeffrey A. and Birge, Robert R. Structure, Function and Wavelength Selection in Blue-Absorbing Proteorhodopsin, Biochemistry, 45 ( 6 ),1579-1590, 2006.  

Presentations

• November 10-13, 2016: Modulating the nitrite reductase activity of globins by varying the heme substituents. Poster Presentation. ACS 72nd Annual Southwest Regional Meeting, Galveston, TX.
• June 15-19, 2016: Oceans and One Health: A Unique Pre-Health Curriculum Tailored for Student Success. Poster Presentation. NAAHP (National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions) National Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
• August 4-8, 2015: Conformational Properties of Aromatic Foldamers: Toward the Rational Design of Functional Structures. Oral Presentation. International Conference for Young Chemists, Penang, Malaysia.
• August 10-14, 2014: Conformational Preferences and Dynamics of Aromatic Oligourea Foldamers. Oral Presentation. 248th Fall ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• June 2-7, 2013: Conformational Preferences of Aromatic Oligourea Foldamers. Poster Presentations. Gordon Research Conference: Computational Aspects -Biomolecular NMR, West Dover, VT
   
  October 26-28, 2012: Conformational Preferences of Furan- and Thiophene-based Arylamides: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study, Oral Presentation. Southwestern Theoretical Chemistry Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
• August 16-20, 2009: Intramolecular hydrogen bonding in ortho-substituted arylamide oligomers : A model compound study. Oral presentation at the Fall ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• August 16-20, 2009: Coarse-grain molecular dynamics of proteins: characterization and testing. Oral presentation at the Fall ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C.