Parson Lab Members

	Professor of Biochemistry Bill Parson parsonb@u.washington.edu (206) 543-1743 Research Interests Protein Electrostatics and Dynamics Electron and Energy transfer in Photosynthesis Structure and Stability of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Femtosecond Spectroscopy Biochemistry Department: Bill Parson
	Research Assoc. Professor V. Nagarajan ngrjn@u.washington.edu (206) 543-1788 Education Ph.D. University of Notre Dame (1984) Research Interests Optical spectroscopy, microscopy, instrumentation development Biochemistry Department: Nagarajan
	Ph.D. Biochemistry Student Karen Rutherford kjr2@u.washington.edu (206) 543-1788 Education B.S. University of Current Research Project Catechol-O-Methyltransferase NMR Structure & Molecular Dynamics Studies
	Ph.D. Biochemistry Student Eric Merkley edm4@u.washington.edu (206) 543-1788 Education B.S. University of Current Research Project Protein Dynamics
*Recent Members, Exchange Students and Visiting Scientists*
	Ph.D. Biochemistry Student Ethan Johnson ethanj@u.washington.edu (206) 543-1788 Education B.A. Physics, Cornell University, Ithica New York Research Project Electrostatic effects of ionizable residues in photosynthetic proteins
	Ph.D. Biochemistry Student Naomi Johanna Cotton baracuda@u.washington.edu (206) 543-1788 Education B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology University of California, Santa Cruz Current Research Project Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Structural Studies
	Visiting Scientist Hiroto Kikuchi Education Research Project
	MARC trainee (visiting student) Ke'Anna Brown Kaeb2313@hotmail.com Education Heritage High School - Newport News, Virginia Research Project Cloning and Mutagenesis of COMT variants