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Evelyn A. Mayaan
200 Hugo St. NE  Fridley, MN 55432  (763) 234-3521
mayaa001@gmail.com  http://theory.chem.umn.edu/~mayaan
Education
Ph.D., Oct. 2005, Physical Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Dissertation: “Modeling the Mechanisms of RNA Catalysis”
B.S., Dec. 1999, Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Relevant Coursework:
Biochemistry
Nucleic Acids
Protein Enzyme Mechanisms
Computational Chemistry
Statistical Mechanics
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Scientific Writing
Research Experience
QM/MM simulation of ethylene phosphorane and hammerhead ribozyme
MD simulation of glucomutase, HIV-1 RT and hammerhead ribozyme
DNA bending study of charge dependent base pair interactions
DFT study of Mg2+ binding with phosphates and phosphoranes
Parameterization of MD force fields for nucleic acids
Gel Electrophoresis and UV/vis spectroscopy applied to metal binding
in the IFAB protein
Teaching Experience
Laboratory Instructor - General Chemistry, University of MN
Fall 1999-Summer 2000; Spring 2001
Laboratory Instructor - Physical Chemistry, University of MN
Fall 2000; Fall 2001
Teaching Assistant - Quantum Chemistry, University of MN
Spring 2004
Youth Instructor
- Mad Science of MN
Summer 2000
Substitute Lecturer - General Chemistry, University of MN
Fall 2003-Spring 2004
Research Advisor
- Zebulon Thomas, Breck School Research Class
http://realscience.breckschool.org/upper/research/2000-01pictures/photos.html
Summer 2001
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Related Skills
Proficient in GAUSSIAN 98/03 and CHARMM computational packages
Experienced with MNDO97 applied to QM/MM simulations
Strong background in FORTRAN 90/95 programming
Intermediate knowledge of PERL, C, and HTML programming
Familiar with LaTeX, CVS, OpenOffice and Microsoft Office
Competent with UNIX/LINUX and Windows operating systems
Practical experience in gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, IR, UV and NMR
Publications
“Structure and binding of Mg(II) ions and di-metal bridge complexes with biological phosphates
and phosphoranes”, Evelyn Mayaan, Kevin Range and Darrin M. York, J. Biol. Inorg.
Chem., 9, 2004, 807-817.
“The contribution of phosphate-phosphate repulsions to the free energy of DNA bending”, Kevin
Range, Evelyn Mayaan, L. James Maher, III, and Darrin M. York, Nucleic Acids Res.,
33, 2005, 1257-1268.
“CHARMM force field development for MD simulation studies of RNA catalysis”, Evelyn
Mayaan, Adam Moser, Alexander D. MacKerell and Darrin M. York, submitted J.
Comput. Chem., Sept. 2005.
“Application of a new CHARMM force field for MD simulation studies of RNA catalysis”,
Evelyn Mayaan and Darrin M. York, in progress.
“Artificial metalloenzymes based on protein cavities: Exploring the effect of altering the metal
ligand attachment position by site directed mutagenesis”, Ronald R. Davies, Hao Kuang,
Dongfeng Qi, Aram Mazhary, Evelyn Mayaan and Mark D. Distefano, Bioorg. Med.
Chem. Letts., 9, 1999, 79-84.
Presentations
“Molecular Simulation of Hammerhead Ribozyme”, Evelyn Mayaan and Darrin M. York, 222nd
ACS National Meeting: Division of Computers in Chemistry, Chicago, IL, Aug 26-30,
2001.
“Computational Methods for Biological Macromolecules”, Evelyn Mayaan, Kevin Range, Brent
Gregersen, Tim Giese and Darrin York, Graduate Student Recruiting, University of MN,
Minneapolis, MN, Sept 2002.
“DFT Calculations of Biological Magnesium Complexes in the Gas and Aqueous Phases”,
Evelyn Mayaan and Darrin York, 225th ACS National Meeting: Division of Computers
in Chemistry, New Orleans, LA, Mar 23-27, 2003.
“Molecular Dynamics and Density Functional Theory for RNA Catalysis”, Evelyn Mayaan and
Darrin York, 2nd Annual Graduate Student Symposium, University of MN, St. Paul, MN
May 19-20, 2003.
Co-curricular Activities
American Chemical Society
 Professional Chemistry Fraternity
Mensa