Elaine Marzluff
Campus Phone: 
641-269-4314
Fax: 
641-269-4984
Unit (Dept., Office, Center, etc.): 
Position: 
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chair of Chemistry Department
On-Campus Address: 
Science-2208
Department Chair?: 
Yes
Education / Degrees: 
Ph.D., Chemistry, 1995, California Institute of Technology
A.B., Chemistry with High Honors, 1989, Harvard University
Publications: 
TitleURLSynopsis
“Infrared spectroscopy and structure of photochemically protonated biomolecules in the gas phase: a noradrenaline analogue, lysine and alanyl alanine”T. D. Vaden, T. S. J. A. de Boer, N. A. MacLeod, E. M. Marzluff, J. P. Simons and L. C. Snoek. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2549–2555.
“Adding water to sugar: A spectroscopic and computational study of alpha- and beta-phenylxyloside in the gas phase”Hünig, I; Painter, A.J.; Jockusch, R.A.; Çarçabal, P.; Marzluff, E.M.; Snoek, L.C.; Gamblin, D.P.; Davis, B.G.; Simons, J.P. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2005, 7, 2474 – 2480.
“Gas Phase H/D Exchange of Small Protonated Peptides: Side Chain Effects”Undergraduate Co-authors: Joe Jankolovits, Spring Knapp, Masayo Ozaki and Michael B. Satzer, presented at the “Gaseous Ions” Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA, Feb 25-Mar 2, 2007.
“Gas Phase Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange of Peptides: Implications for Protein Structure Determination”Undergraduate Co-authors: Michael B. Satzer, Katherine A. Hodes, Elizabeth Moscato, Desire Takawira and Masayo Ozaki, presented at the conference on “Isolated Biomolecules and Biomolecular Interaractions” May 9-14, 2006, Trest Castle, Czech Republic.
“Gas Phase H/D Exchange of Proteins in an Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer”Undergraduate Co-author: Evans, S.E.; Lueck, N. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2003, 222, 175-187.
Courses Taught: 
CHM 129 General Chemistry
CHM 210 Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry (formerly CHM 130)
CHM 363 Physical Chemistry I
CHM 364 Physical Chemistry II
CHM 390 Seminar: Current Topics in Chemistry
POL/PST 395 Policy Analysis: Climate Change
Primary Academic Interest: 
The structure and dissociation mechanisms and energetics of peptides and proteins in the gas phase

Research

Professor Marzluff is interested in the structure and dissociation mechanisms and energetics of peptides and proteins in the gas phase. She couples electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry with collisional activated dissociation and Hydrogen Deuterium exchange reactions to probe the gas phase structure of biological molecules. Her research also focuses on the fundamental issues associated with the activation and dissociation dynamics of large molecules in the gas phase.

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