Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Auburn University

Auburn, AL 36849-5312

USA

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e-mail: duinedu@auburn.edu

Born: October 13th, 1966, Haarlem, The Netherlands.

• 2009 - present

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Associate Professor.

• 2002 - 2009:

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Assistant Professor.

• 1999 - 2002:

Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg, Germany. Humboldt fellow.
The research was done in the group of Prof. R.K. Thauer. The research concentrated on the reaction mechanism of methyl coenzyme-M reductase.

• 1996 - 1998:

Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA. Post doctoral associate.
The research was done in the group of Prof. Dr. M.K. Johnson. The research concentrated on the characterization of iron-sulfur proteins from different biological sources via EPR, RR, and VTMCD spectroscopies.

• 1991-1996

Ph.D.; E.C. Slater Institute (now Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences), University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam; The Netherlands; Biochemistry.

Ph.D. Research was done in the group of Dr. S.P.J. Albracht, titled: 'Exploring the Active Site of Nickel Hydrogenases'. The research included purification of the enzymes and characterization by different techniques, mainly EPR, FTIR, and Mössbauer spectroscopies. The last two techniques were done in collaboration with other groups. 

• 1988-1991

'Doctorandus" (=Bachelor), University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam; The Netherlands; Chemistry.

Undergraduate Research done in the group of Dr. R. Wever on electron transfer in cytochrome c oxidase; the electron flow was followed with UV/VIS spectroscopy.