McGlynn Shawn

I am interested in understanding how energy organizes matter in biological and (pre)- biological processes. I want to understand how electron flow, bond energy, and reaction mechanisms drive molecular organization and isotope fractionation: What are the protein complexes? What are the reaction mechanisms? Where do they occur in the cell? What are the physiological meanings of cellular neighborhoods, and how can we measure and describe cellular individuality?

I want to understand how life works today and to try and connect this knowledge to how life began. My research interests blend a background in metalloenzyme biochemistry with vanguard microbiology developments that are just now allowing the prospect of illuminating cellular individuality.