Dave Song, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Assistant Professor David Song

Phone: 253-535-7555

Email: dysong@plu.edu

Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 245

Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (On Campus) Thu: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (On Campus) Fri: 9:30 am - 10:30 am (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment

Website: https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/research/song/

Curriculum Vitae: View my CV

  • Professional
  • Video

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 2024
  • A.M., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 2014
  • B.S., Chemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010

Selected Presentations

  • American Chemical Society: Many Flavors of Chemistry. Symposium to Celebrate 2024 ACS National Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry, Fluorinated tyrosines (Y) and tryptophans (W): Probes of the radical transfer process in class Ia E.coli ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) (March 2024)
  • Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Radical transport pathway of ribonucleotide reductase, Boston, MA (June 2023)
  • Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, PCET in Ribonucleotide Reductase, Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Unnatural Tryptophan Analogues, Vancouver, BC, Canada (June 2023)
  • ACS Spring 2023: Crossroads of Chemistry, Proton transfer network at the subunit interface of ribonucleotide reductase supports radical transport, Indianapolis, IN and virtual (March 2023)

Selected Articles

  • Song, D. Y.; Stubbe, J.; Nocera, D.G. "Protein engineering a PhotoRNR chimera based on a unifying evolutionary apparatus among the natural classes of ribonucleotide reductases." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA Vol. 121, 2024: e2317291121.
  • Cui, C.; Song, D. Y.; Drennan, C. L.; Stubbe, J.; Nocera, D. G. "Radical Transport Facilitated by a Proton Transfer Network at the Subunit Interface of Ribonucleotide Reductase." Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 145, 2023: 5145–5154.
  • Song, D. Y.; Pizano, A. A.; Holder, P. G.; Stubbe, J.; Nocera, D. G. "Direct interfacial Y731 oxidation in α2 by a photoβ2 subunit of E. coli class Ia ribonucleotide reductase." Chemical Science Vol. 6, 2015: 4519–4524.

Accolades

  • Student Recognition of Teaching Certificate, Harvard University 2022
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2013
  • Department of Chemistry Award for Outstanding Teaching, MIT 2012
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Teaching Assistant Fellowship, MIT 2011
  • Lewis Paul Chapin Fellowship, MIT 2011

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