K. SUZIE BYUN, PhD University of Massachusetts Lowell College of Health Sciences Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutrition Science 3 Solomont Way, Suite 4 Lowell, Massachusetts 01854 [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 09/15-present • Physiological Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory, Organic Chemistry Laboratory
STEM Learning Specialist, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley, MA 2015 • General and Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pre-Calculus
Educational Initiative Project Manager, Center for Biomedical Innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 2014 • Managed new, undergraduate online bio-manufacturing education initiative, developed a massive open online course (MOOC) delivered through the edX/MITx.
Adjunct Professor, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA 2013 • Organic Chemistry
Adjunct Professor, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2013 • Organic Chemistry laboratory
Instructional Designer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 2012 • Developed concepts vignettes (short videos) focusing on chemical concepts and key skills for undergraduate students.
Adjunct Professor, Tufts University, Somerville, MA 2012 • Honors General Chemistry
Adjunct Professor, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 2008-2011 • Organic Chemistry in classes ranging from 250-300 students.
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Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow, Boston University, Boston, MA 2006-2008
• Course Coordinator for Organic Chemistry Laboratory for Health Sciences Majors, Spring 2008 (100 students) • Teaching Fellow for Freshman General Chemistry, Fall 2006-Fall 2007 (250-400 students) • Research - Gibbs Sampling methods on DNase I hypersensitive sites in human genome.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 2001-2004 (Advisor: Professor David L. Beverage)
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Solution phase DNA sequences from Human Papillomavirus, Structural features of the U1A-RNA protein complex, DNA sequence effects on structure. • Undergraduate teaching in Molecular Dynamics, and Bioinformatics and Proteomics
Research Fellow, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1995-2001 (Advisor: Professor Dennis C. Liotta)
• Quantum chemical studies of Human Cytomegalovirus HCMV serine protease reaction energies and barriers. • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of HCMV serine protease active site. • Developed Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship models for the oxytocin hormone. • Tested Hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Methodology.
EDUCATION
2001 PhD, Physical Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1995 MA, Physical Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX 1992 BS, Biology and BS, Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA
• Certificate, Project Management, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts Fall 2010 • POGIL Workshop, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, Summer 2010 • Clickers Pilot Program, Northeastern University, Fall 2009 • POGIL Workshop, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, Summer 2009 • Teaching Circle on Experiential Learning, Northeastern University, Spring 2009 • POGIL Workshop, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, Summer 2008
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Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Vreven, Thom, Byun, K. Suzie, Komaromi, Istvan, Dapprich, Stefan, Montgomery Jr., John A., Morokuma, Keiji, and Frisch, Michael J. “Combining Quantum Mechanics Methods with Molecular Mechanics Methods in ONIOM” Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2006), 2, 815-826. 2. Barreiro, Gabriela, Byun, K. Suzie, Beveridge, David, A., Cheatham III, Thomas E., Dixit, Surjit, Guidice, Emmanuel, Lankas, Filip, Lavery, Richard, Maddocks, John H., Osman, Roman, Sklenar, Heinz, Stoll, Gautier, Thayer, Kelly M., Varnai, Peter, and Young Mattew A., “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the 136 Unique Tetranucleotide Sequences of
DNA Oligonucleotides. I. Research Design, Informatics, and Results on D(CpG) Steps” Biophysical Journal (2004), 87, 3799-3813. 3. Byun, K. Suzie, and Beveridge, D. L., “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Papilloma Virus E2 DNA Sequences: Dynamical Models for Oligonucleotide Structures in Solution” Biopolymers (2004), 73, 369-379. 4. Dapprich, Stefan, Komaromi, Istvan, Byun, K. Suzie, Morokuma, Keiji, and Frisch, Michael J. “A new ONIOM implementation in Gaussian98. Part I. The calculation of energies, gradients, vibrational frequencies and electric field derivatives” THEOCHEM (1999), 461- 462, 1-21. 5. Stanton, John F., and Byun, K. Suzie. “Coupled-cluster studies of singlet propynylidene” Molecular Physics (1999), 96, 505-509. 6. Froese, Robert D. J., Komaromi, Istvan, Byun, K. Suzie, and Morokuma, Keiji. “Theoretical studies of protonated and non-protonated Schiff bases of retinal: ground state structures and energies of the all-trans, 13-cis, 11-cis, 9-cis, 6,7-cis, and 6-s-cis isomers” Chemical Physics Letters (1997), 272, 335-340.
Other Publications 1. Beveridge, D. L., Dixit, Surjit, Byun, K. Suzie, Barreiro, Gabriela, Thayer, Kelly M., and Ponomarev, S. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations on DNA and protein-DNA Complexes: Progress on Sequence Effects, Conformational Stability, Axis Curvature, and Structural Bioinformatics ACS Symposium Series 884: 13-64, 2004. American Chemical Society Division of Physical Chemistry; Nancy C. Stellwagen, Udayan Mohanty editors 2. Byun, K., “Computational Studies Toward the Design and Synthesis of Novel Inhibitor Compounds” (2001) p. 1-157.