Narayanan, Chitra
Assistant Professor
Chemistry
Phone: 718-262-3764
Office Location: AC-3F01H
Email: cnarayanan@york.cuny.edu
Chitra Narayanan's research expertise are in biophysics and computational chemistry. Chitra's research at York involves the application of computational approaches 1) to characterize the effect of particulate pollutants released from sustainable aviation fuel combustion on alpha-synuclein aggregation and Parkinson's disease, 2) use enzyme engineering for designing enzymes to scaling up sustainable aviation fuel production, and 3) design novel antimicrobial peptides based on human enzymes that display potent antibacterial activities.
Office Hours
Day | Time |
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Thursday (in-person or online) | 12 pm to 2 pm |
Education
Degree | Institution | Field | Dates |
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PhD | Rutgers University | Biochemistry | |
MSc | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Biotechnology |
Areas of Expertise
- Computational chemistry
- Biophysics
- Enzyme engineering
- Structural biology
- Protein chemistry
- Molecular dynamics simulations