Nathan DeYonker
Associate Professor
Phone 901.678.2029 Email <a href="ndyonker@memphis.edu">ndyonker@memphis.edu</a> Fax Office SM 411 Office Hours 4-6 Mon, 12-1 Wed, CCLC 12-1 Mon
About Dr. Nathan DeYonker
Education
B. Sc. Chemistry, Minor in Astrophysics, 2001, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI
Ph. D. Chemistry, 2005, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Professional Experience
Associate Profesor, August 2021 - Present, Department of Chemistry, The University
of 糖心Vlog传媒, 糖心Vlog传媒, TN
Assistant Professor, August 2016 - August 2021, Department of Chemistry, The University
of 糖心Vlog传媒, 糖心Vlog传媒, TN
Research Scientist, July 2009 鈥� August 2016, Department of Chemistry, The University
of 糖心Vlog传媒, 糖心Vlog传媒, TN
Director, Computational Research on Materials Institute at the University of 糖心Vlog传媒
(CROMIUM), August 2014 鈥� Present
Postdoctoral Associate, July 2005 - July 2009, University of North Texas, Denton,
TN
Campus Organizations
Faculty Advisor of the University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Chapter of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SM-ACS). January 2011 鈥� present.
Grants
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2024; PI on "The Three R's: A Model-Building Toolkit for Rational, Reproducible, and Rigorous Computational Enzymology" from the National Science Foundation, IIBR-1846408.
04/01/2014 - 03/31/2016; co-PI will Prof. William Alexander on "RAPID: Computation of Accurate Binding Energies of Emerging Contaminants on Environmental and Infrastructural Interfaces" from the National Science Foundation, CBET-1435289.
Significant Recent Lab Publications
Dr. DeYonker's CV - updated 08/02/2020
Q. Cheng, N. J. DeYonker, 鈥淎cylation and Deacylation Mechanism and Kinetics of Penicillin G Reaction with Streptomyces R61 DD-peptidase鈥�, J. Comp. Chem., 41, 1685 (2020), featured cover article 7/5/2020 issue.
T. J. Summers, B. P. Daniel, Q. Cheng, N. J. DeYonker, 鈥淨uantifying Protein Contact Networks through Interaction Energies鈥�, J. Chem. Inf. Model., 59, 5034 (2019).
M. Torres, S. Khan, M. Duplanty, H. C. Lozano, T. J. Morris, T. Nguyen, Y. V. Rostovtsev, N. J. DeYonker, N. Mirsaleh-Kohan, 鈥淩aman and Infrared Studies of Platinum-Based Drugs: Cisplatin, Carboplatin, Oxaliplatin, Nedaplatin and Heptaplatin鈥�, J. Phys. Chem. A, 122, 6934 (2018).
T. J. Summers, Q. Cheng, N. J. DeYonker, 鈥淎 Transition State 鈥楾rapped鈥�? Modeling Biphenyl Torsional Rotation with a QM-cluster Model of Engineered Threonyl-tRNA Synthetase鈥�, Org. Biomol. Chem., 16, 4090, (2018), featured cover article, 06/14/2018 issue.
T. P. Brewster, T. H. Nguyen, W. T. Eckenhoff, N. D. Schley, N. J. DeYonker, 鈥淪ynthesis and Characterization of Heterobimetallic Iridium-Aluminum and Rhodium-Aluminum Complexes鈥�, Inorg. Chem., 57, 1148 (2018).
Q. Cheng, R. C. Fortenberry, N. J. DeYonker, 鈥淭owards a Quantum Chemical Protocol for the Prediction of Rovibrational Spectroscopic Data for Transition Metal Molecules: Exploration of CuCN, CuOH, and CuCCH鈥�, J. Chem. Phys., 147, 234104 (2017).
G. Liang, N. J. DeYonker, X. Zhao, C. E. Webster, 鈥淩eduction Potential in Transition Metal Containing Complexes: How expensive? For what accuracy鈥�, J. Comp. Chem, 38, 2430 (2017).
S. D. Dickerson, N. J. DeYonker, "Gas Phase Electronic Structure of the 3d Metal Monoacetylides (MCCH, M = Sc .. Zn)", Int. J. Quantum. Chem., 117, 104 (2017), featured cover article, 01/15/2017 issue.
M. Fioroni, N. J. DeYonker, "H2 Formation on Cosmic Grain Siliceous Surfaces Grafted with Fe+: A Silsesquioxanes-based Computational Model", ChemPhysChem, 17, 3390 (2016).
N. J. DeYonker, K. C. Charbonnet, W. A. Alexander, "Dipole moments of trans- and cis-(4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol (4-MCHM): obtaining the right conformer for the right reason", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 17856 (2016).
N. J. DeYonker, C. E. Webster, "A Theoretical Study of Phosphoryl Transfers of Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase I (Tdp1) and the Possibility of a "Dead-End" Phosphohistidine Intermediate", Biochemistry, 54, 4236 (2015).
A. M. Dietrich, A. Thomas, Y. Zhao, E. Smiley, N. Shanaiah, M. Ahart, K. A. Charbonnet, N. J. DeYonker, W. A. Alexander, D. L. Gallagher, "Partitioning, Aqueous Solubility, and Dipole Moment Data for cis- and trans-(4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol, Principle Contaminants of the West Virginia Chemical Spill", Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2, 127 (2015), featured cover article, 04/14/2015 issue.