Frederick Stull, PhD

Frederick Stull, PhD
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
    • Primary Address
    • Office
    • Western Michigan University
    • 1903 West Michigan Avenue
    • MS 5413
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Frederick Stull, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Western Michigan University. He graduated from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. He earned his doctorate in chemical biology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The overarching goal of Dr. Stull's research is to understand how enzymes control catalysis. The Stull lab primarily focuses on the class of enzymes that use riboflavin-derived cofactors (flavin-dependent enzymes), which catalyze various chemical transformations crucial for life. Enzyme-bound flavin cofactors have spectroscopic signals that directly report on the chemistry occurring in the active site, which Stull's lab exploits to study their reaction mechanisms using transient kinetics. The Stull lab also uses directed evolution and protein engineering to transform nature's catalysts into useful tools for biotechnology/medical applications.

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019, Chemical Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • PhD 2014, Chemical Biology, University of Michigan
  • PhD 2014, Chemical Biology, University of Michigan
  • BS 2009, Chemistry, University of South Florida
  • BS 2009, Chemistry, University of South Florida