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Sex: Male

Education:

  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, 2017
  • University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines, Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (magna cum laude), 2004

Field of Specialization:

Biochemistry, Membrane Protein Purification, Detergents, Conformational Dynamics, Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biophysical Chemistry, Micelles, Protein Dynamics, Structural Biology, Membrane Proteins, Protein Kinases, Protein-Protein Interaction, Proteins, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Membrane Proteins, Biophysics, Spectroscopy, Physical Chemistry, Protein Kinase Inhibitors

Researches:

Li, G.C., Forster-Benson, E.T.C., & Sanders, C.R., (2019) Genetic intolerance analysis as a tool for protein science
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Wang, Y., Manu, V.S., Kim, J., Li, G., Ahuja, L.G., Aoto, P., Taylor, S.S., & Veglia, G., (2019) Globally correlated conformational entropy underlies positive and negative cooperativity in a kinase’s enzymatic cycle
Nature Communications Volume 10, No. 1

Tomanisi, M.D., Wang, Y., Karamafrooz, A., Li, G., Beuming, T., Gao, J., Taylor, S.S., Veglia, G., & Simon, S.M., (2018) Conformational Landscape of the PRKACA-DNAJB1 Chimeric Kinase, the Driver for Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Scientific Reports Volume 8

Hutchison, J.M., Lu, Z., Li, G.C., Travis, B., Mittal, R., Deatherage, C.L., & Sanders, C.R., (2017) Dodecyl-β-Melibioside Detergent Micelles as a Medium for Membrane Proteins
Biochemistry Volume 56, No. 41

Veglia, G., & Li, G., (2016) Tunable Liaisons: eEF-2K, CaM, and Calcium
Sturcture Volume 24, No. 9

Li, G., Olivieri, C., Neibergall, M., Kim, J., Taylor, S., Muretta, J., & Veglia, G., (2016) Elucidating the Mechanism of Recognition and Binding of Protein Kinase Inhibitor by Protein Kinase a using NMR and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Biophysical Journal Volume 110, No. 3

Karamafrooz, A.N., Kim, J., Li, G., Simon, S.M., Taylor, S.S., & Veglia, G., (2016) NMR Structural/Functional Characterization of an Oncogenic Mutant of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase A: PRKACA-DNAJB1
Biophysical Journal Volume 110, No. 3

Kim, J., Li, G., Walters, M.A., Taylor, S.S., & Veglia, G., (2016) Uncoupling Catalytic and Binding Functions in the Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase A
Structure Volume 24, No. 3

Kim, J., Wang, Y., Li, G., & Veglia, G., (2016) A Semi-Automated Assignment Protocol for Methyl Group Side-Chains in Large Proteins
Methods in Enzymology Volume 566

Li, G.C., Srivastava, A.K., Kim, J., Taylor, S.S., & Veglia, G., (2015) Mapping the Hydrogen Bond Networks in the Catalytic Subunit of Protein Kinase A Using H/D Fractionation Factors
Biochemistry Volume 54, No. 26

Li, G., Kim, J., Chao, F., McDonald, L., & Veglia, G., (2015) Probing Multiple Timescale Dynamics of Protein Kinase A-Inhibitor Complexes
Biophysical Journal Volume 108, No. 2

Siao, P.C., Li, G.C., Engle, H.L., Ilao, L.V., & Trinidad, L.C., (2007) Biosorption of Cu(II) ions from synthetic and actual wastewater using three algal species
Journal of Applied Phycology Volume 19, No. 6 

Awards:

  • Teaching Assistant Honorable Mention, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2015 September
  • Education Committee Travel Award, Biophysical Society, 2015 February
  • Excellence in Graduate Studies Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2013
  • Achievement Award for getting 4.0 grade-point average, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2012
  • 4th Placer in Philippine Chemistry Licensure Examination, Philippine Professional Regulation Commission, 2004