Gary Pielak

Dr. Gary Pielak grew up in Rockford, Il and earned a B.A. in Chemistry from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Michael Smith at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and in the laboratory of Robert J.P. Williams at the University of Oxford in England. Gary joined UNC in 1989 and is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics. Among his many notable awards, one he is especially proud of is his 2017 University Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement. His research focuses on understanding protein chemistry in cells and under crowded conditions in vitro. His group use the formalisms of equilibrium thermodynamics and the tools of molecular biology and biophysics to understand the structure, stability, and function of globular and intrinsically-disordered proteins in physiologically relevant environments.

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Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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  1. Piszkiewicz S, Pielak GJ. Protecting Enzymes from Stress-Induced Inactivation Biochemistry. 2019;

  2. Speer SL, Guseman AJ, Patteson JB, Ehrmann BM, Pielak GJ. Controlling and quantifying protein concentration in Protein Science. 2019;

  3. Ye Y, Wu Q, Zheng W, et al. Positively Charged Tags Impede Protein Mobility in Cells as Quantified by F NMR J. Phys. Chem. B. 2019; 123(21):4527-4533.


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