samuel pazicni 
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Chemistry Education
Department of Chemistry
University of New Hampshire
sam.pazicni@unh.edu
Education and Achievements
- B.A., Chemistry and Music, Washington and Jefferson College (2001)
- Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin (2006)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biophysics and Chemistry Education, University of Michigan (2006-2009)
- Samuel Jones Prize in Chemistry and Physics, W & J College (2001)
- Phi Beta Kappa Society, W & J College (2001)
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Wisconsin (2003)
- Teaching Fellow, University of Wisconsin (2005)
- Chair, Gordon Graduate Research Seminar on Bioinorganic Chemistry (2008)
- American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, declined (2008)
Research Interests
Developing instructional methodologies to facilitate peer instruction in the classroom; designing assessment methods to evaluate learning progressions in undergraduate chemistry; enhancing graduate student professional development through teaching.
Chemistry and biochemistry of heme proteins and heme transport/sensing; exploring the structure-function relationships of heme-thiolate proteins and enzymes; application of synchrotron radiation techniques to questions in metallobiochemistry and metallophysiology.
Related Publications
Naranuntarat, Amornrat; Jensen, Laran T.; Pazicni, Samuel; Penner-Hahn, James E.; and Culotta, Valeria C. "The Interaction of Mitochondrial Iron with Manganese Superoxide Dismutase," Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2009, 284, 22633-22640.
Cherney, Melisa M.; Pazicni, Samuel; Frank, Nina; Marvin, Katherine A.; Kraus, Jan; Burstyn, Judith N. "Ferrous human cystathionine β-synthase loses activity during enzyme assay due to a ligand switchprocess," Biochemistry, 2007, 46, 13199-13210.
Pazicni, Samuel; Melisa M. Cherney; Lukat-Rodgers, Gudrun S.; Oliveriusová, Jana; Kraus, Jan; Rodgers, Kenton R.; Burstyn, Judith N. "The heme of cystathionine β-synthase likely undergoes a temperature-induced redox-mediated ligand switch," Biochemistry, 2005, 44, 16785-16795.
Caserio, Majorie; Coppola, Brian P.; Lichter, Robert L.; Bentley, Anne K.; Bowman, Matthew D.; Mangham, Andrew N.; Metz, Kevin M.; Pazicni, Samuel; Phillips, Margaret F.; Seeman, Jeffrey I. "Responses to Changing Needs in U.S. Doctoral Education," Journal of Chemical Education, 2004, 81, 1698-1704.
Pazicni, Samuel; Lukat-Rodgers, Gudrun S.; Oliverusová, Jana; Rees, Katherine A.; Parks, Ryan B.; Clark, Robert W.; Kraus, Jan; Rodgers, Kenton R.; Burstyn, Judith N. "The redox behavior of heme in cystathionine β-synthase is pH dependent," Biochemistry, 2004, 43, 14684-14695.
Created
September 1, 2009