BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Mohammed Ibrahim was born in
January 1971 in Shayar County to a well-educated
and religious family. After graduating high school and scoring the top in the
college entrance exam in his county, he studied in the Preparatory School of
the Central University for Nationalities (http://www.cun.edu.cn) in Beijing from September 1988
to June 1990. Then, in September 1990, he started his undergraduate studies in
one of the most prominent universities in China, Nanjing University (http://www.nju.edu.cn), majoring in
analytical chemistry. Finishing up classes with the highest GPA and earning his
Bachelor’s degree in June 1994, he was offered a graduate student position in
the same university. He worked on the chromatography and Flow Injection
Analysis (FIA) and devised a novel FIA method for the protein diffusion
constant and molecular mass determination. After getting his MS degree in June
1997, he worked as a lecturer in the Chemistry Department of Xinjiang University (http://www.xju.edu.cn)
from September 1997 to April 1999. During this period, he taught and instructed
the analytical chemistry course and labs and worked on the electrochemical
detection of amino acids and proteins. In June 1999, he went to the USA to pursue his Ph.D.
degree in Marquette University (http://www.marquette.edu) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His Ph.D. work
involved the Resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopic studies of metallo-corroles
and the enzymatic intermediates in the catalytic cycle of heme
proteins (cytochrome P450cam etc.) under the
instruction of Professor James R. Kincaid, one of the leading scientists in the
application of Raman Spectroscopy in chemistry. He earned his Ph.D. degree in May
2004 and has since been working as a postdoctoral researcher in Princeton University (http://www.princeton.edu), in the group of
Professor Thomas G. Spiro (http://www.princeton.edu/~spirolab/index.html),
an internationally renowned scholar in the areas of bioinorganic,
biophysical and environmental chemistry.
Mohammed Ibrahim was the recipient
of the Richard W. Jobling Fellowship in 2001 and 2002;
American Institute of Chemists Graduate Award in 2004 in Marquette University and the Guang Hua Prize winner for high
GPA in the Nanjing University Graduate School in 1996. He has been a member of the American
Chemical Society since 2000.
PUBLICATIONS:
1.Ibrahim, M.; Denisov, I. G.; Makris, T. M.; Kincaid, J. R.; Sligar,
S. Resonace Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Hydroperoxo-Myoglobin
at Cryogenic Temperatures.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125,
13714-13718
2. Ibrahim, M.;
Kincaid, J. R.; Kozlowski, P. M.; Gross, Z.
Normal Modes of Vibration of Metallocorroles. Journal of Physical Chemistry (in
preparation).
3.
Ibrahim, M.; Denisov, I. G.; Makris, T. M.; Kincaid, J. R.; Sligar,
S. Resonace Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Hydroperoxo-P450cam at Cryogenic Temperatures. Journal of the
American Chemical Society (in preparation).
4.Ibrahim,
M.; Zou, G.; Zhu, J.
Separation of Lactic Dehydrogenase
by SDS-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis. Xinjiang University
Journal (Natural Science Edition) 2000, 17(1), 65-68
5. Ibrahim, M.; Zou, G.; Zhu, J. Determination of Diffusion Coefficients
of Proteins by Flow Injection Analysis and Its Application to Estimation of
Molecular Masses of Proteins. Instrumentation Science & Technology (USA), 1998,
26(4), 333-341.
6. Ibrahim, M.; Zou, G.; Zhu, J. Determination of
Diffusion Coefficients of Amino Acids and Proteins by Flow Injection Analysis. Nanjing University
Journal (Natural Science Edition) 1997, 33(3), 369-374.