Watson J. Lees
Associate Professor; Chemistry Graduate Program Director
Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biomolecular Sciences Institute
Office: CP 314
Phone: 305-348-3993
Email: leeswj@fiu.edu
Research Areas
- Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- The use of organic chemistry to study biochemical problems
such the folding ofdisulfide containing proteins - Many extracellular proteins and almost all pharmaceutically relevant proteins contain disulfide bonds. The folding of these proteins in vitro is slow and methods of increasing the folding rate are being investigated.
Education
- BS McGill University
- PhD Harvard University