KORENDOVYCH Ivan, Syracuse University, USA
Catalytic amyloids
Biography:
Prof. Korendovych received both B.S. (1999) and M.S. (2000) degrees with distinction from National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev, Ukraine and his PhD from Tufts (2006) for his studies of mechanistic aspects of dioxygen activation by metalloenzymes in Prof. Rybak-Akimova’s lab. After a postdoctoral stay in the DeGrado lab at Penn, he joined Syracuse University (2011) where he is now a Professor of Chemistry working on protein and petide design. Prof. Korendovych received many awards, including American Chemical Society Young Investigator Award, Humboldt Research Fellowship, ORAU Ralph E. Powe Award.