David Parkin
Associate Professor
Chemistry
Adelphi University
United States of America
Biography
David Parkin completed Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, University of Dundee (2003) Ph.D., University of Nebraska (1981) BA, Chemistry, Northwest Nazarene College (1975).African Regional Research Senior Fulbright Scholar Phi Lambda Upsilon, University of Nebraska.
Research Interest
In order to stimulate meaningful learning, an undergraduate student must be presented with a challenging project that has a reasonable chance for success and relevance to their interests. My research interest focuses on the chemical and kinetic mechanisms of nucleoside hydrolases (NH) and how these salvage enzymes from T. vaginalis and T. Foetus stabilize the transition state. The role of the NH in pyrimidine salvage is not as well understood as the NH of the purine salvage.
Publications
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Parkin, D. W.., Leung, H. B., and Schramm, V. L. (1984) J. Biol. Chem., 259, 9411-9417. Synthesis of Nucleotides with Specific Radiolabels in Ribose.
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Parkin, D. W. (1998), Sessions 2 to 6, Chapters in Principles of Biology, Volume 1, University of London, ISBN 0718715470
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Parkin, D. W., (1991), Methods for the Determination of V and V/K Kinetic Isotope Effects, Chapter in Enzyme Mechanism from Isotope Effects, CRC Press, Boca Raton.
