Ruma Banerjee
Ruma Banerjee is a professor of enzymology and biological chemistry at the University of Michigan Medical School. She is an experimentalist whose research has focused on unusual cofactors in enzymology.
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| Born | Delhi, India |
| Institutions | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Michigan, Renssalaer Poytechnic University |
| Doctoral advisor | Jim Coward |
| Website https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/biochem/ruma-banerjee-phd |
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Research
Banerjee's work focuses on the role of hydrogen sulfide as a signaling molecule in living systems. She also studies the complex networks of metalloenzymes and vitamins, specifically Co(I)-containing complexes such as Vitamin B12, and its role in the aforementioned sulfur / sulfide metabolism.[1]
Editorial
Since 2012, Professor Banerjee has been an Associate Editor for Chemical Reviews and the Journal of Biological Chemistry.[2] She has authored two textbooks on the chemistry and biological effects of Vitamin B12 and on reduction / oxidation cascades in biological systems.[3]
Awards
- 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2001 - Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
