Thaiesha Wright
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
5532-H Boelter
Email: t.wright@ucla.eduWebsites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Protein-polymer Bioconjugation
- Biomimetic and stimuli responsive nanoparticles
- Targeted gene and drug delivery
- Nanoreactors
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
- Kovaliov, M.; Wright, T.A.; Mathers, R.T.; Meng, D.; Szcześniak, K.; Janczyk, J.; Jurga, S.; Cheng, B.; Page, R.; Konkolewicz, D.; Averick, S. Influence of Polymer Degree of Polymerization on Enzyme Activity Towards the Design of the Next Generation Biohybrid Catalysts. Bioconjugate Chem.2020, 31, 3, 939–947
- Wright, T.A.; Page, R.C.; Konkolewicz, D. Polymer Conjugation of Proteins as a Synthetic post-translational modification to impact their stability and activity. Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 434-454
- Danielson, A.P.; Dougherty, M.L.; Falatach, R.; Wright, T.A.; Clark, E.E.; Craig, A.C.; Sahu, I.D.; Berberich, J.A.; Page, R.C.; Lorigan, G.A.; Konkolewicz, D. Biocatalytic Polymerization, Bioinspired Surfactants, and Bioconjugates Using RAFT Polymerization. Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization: Materials and Applications, Ch. 12, 2018, 219-232
- Burridge, K. M.; Wright, T. A.; Page, R. C.; Konkolewicz, D. Photochemistry for Well-Defined Polymers in Aqueous Media: From Fundamentals to Polymer Nanoparticles to Bioconjugates. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2018, 1800093.
- Wright, T. A.; Dougherty, M. L.; Schmitz, B.; Burridge, K. M.; Makaroff, K.; Stewart, J. M.; Fischesser, H. D.; Sheperd, J. T.; Berberich, J. A.; Konkolowicz, D.; Page, R. C. Polymer Chemistry to Enhance Cellulase Activity and Preserve Thermal and Functional Stability. Bioconjugate Chem. 2017, 28, 2638-2645
- Wright, T. A.; Stewart, J. M.; Page, R. C.; Konkolewicz, D. Extraction of Thermodynamic Parameters of Protein Unfolding Using Parallelized Differential Scanning Fluorimetry. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2017, 8, 553-558.
EDUCATION
- Postdoc Nanoengineering University of California, San Diego, 2022
- Postdoc Chemical Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder, 2021
- PhD Chemistry Miami University of Ohio, 2020
- BS Chemistry Spelman College, 2015
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2020
- University of Colorado Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2020
- Miami University Dissertation Scholar Award, 2019
- Miami University Graduate Student Achievement Award, 2018