Chemistry Department

David G. Alberg

Professor of Chemistry

Education:

B.A. Chemistry, 1985
Carleton College

Ph.D. Chemistry, 1991
University of California, Berkeley

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1991-1993
Harvard University

Contact Information:

Department of Chemistry

Carleton College

1 North College Street

Northfield, MN 55057

Office: Mudd 191

Phone: (507) 222-4410 (office)

FAX: (507) 222-4400

E-Mail: dalberg@carleton.edu

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Teaching Interests:

Organic Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Advanced NMR Spectroscopy.

Research Interests:

My research interests lie in bioorganic chemistry. My current research project involves the design, synthesis, and evaluation of potential inhibitors of the parasite enzyme trypanothione reductase (TR). The metabolic pathway involving TR is unique to the parasites of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, which are responsible for many diseases affecting humans and domestic animals, including African sleeping sickness and Chaga's disease. We are curently synthesizing and evaluating a number of potential reversible and irreversible TR inhibitors which we expect to be selective for this enzyme over the closely related host enzyme, glutathione reductase.

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