Paul Ellis, Ph.D.
Expertise
Paul Ellis
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Phenomenological Theory--static and dynamic lineshape analysis and the extraction of NMR parameters from these lineshapes
- Molecular Theory of Magnetic Resonance Parameters--chemical shifts, quadrupole coupling constants, indirect nuclear spin couplings
- Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods
- Application of DNP Methods to Surfaces
Structural Biology
- Structure/Function Relationships in DNA Repair and Bioremediation Proteins
- Structure/Function Relationships in Metallobiochemistry
- Application of Ultra High Field Magnetic Resonance Methods to Problems in Structural Biology
Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Structure and Dynamics of Small Molecules Adsorbed to Oxide Surfaces and Metals on Oxide Supports
- Elucidation of the Role of Promoters in Catalysis
- Exploration of Catalytic Dechlorination Reactions
Education
- Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California at Davis
- B.S., Chemistry, University of California at Davis
Honors and Awards
- Member of the Committee on Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science, under the auspices of the Board on Physics and Astronomy for the National Academies of Science, 2003-2005
- Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003-
- Member Editorial Board of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2002-
- National Institutes of Health Reviewers Reserve, 1995-1999
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Fellow, 1991
- Member BBCA Study Section: National Institutes of Health General Medical Sciences, 1991-1995
- World Bank Visiting Scholar in China, 1991
- Corecipient of the South Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence in Science, 1990
- Editorial Advisory Board for "Concepts in Magnetic Resonance," 1989-1995
- Advisory Committee for the Biological Facilities Centers Program, NSF, 1987-1989
- Chairman, Gordon Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine, 1986
- South Carolina Chemist of the Year, awarded by the SC section of the ACS, 1985
- Editorial Advisory Board for “Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry”, 1984-1996
- Chairman Elect, Gordon Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine, 1984
- Director Regional Instrumentation Facility in NMR Spectroscopy Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, 1978-1988
- Chairman, Experimental NMR Conference, 1977
- A.P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1977-1979
- Russell Award for Science and Engineering, 1976
Professional Society
- International Society of Magnetic Resonance
Selected Publications
Lipton AS, RW Heck, and PD Ellis. 2004. "Zinc Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Human Carbonic Anhydrase. Implications for the Enzymatic Mechanism." Journal of the American Chemical Society 126(14):4735-4739.
Lipton AS, RW Heck, JA Sears, and PD Ellis. 2004. "Low Temperature Solid-State NMR Experiments of Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclides: Caveats and Data Analysis." Journal of Magnetic Resonance 168:66-74.
Lipton AS, C Bergquist, G Parkin, and PD Ellis. 2003. "Solid-state 67Zn NMR Spectroscopic Studies and ab initio Molecular Orbital Calculations on a Synthetic Analogue of Carbonic Anhydrase." Journal of the American Chemical Society 125(13):3768-3772.
Jakobsen HJ, P Daugaard, E Hald, D Rice, E Kupce, and PD Ellis. 2002. "A 4 mm Probe for 13C CP/MAS NMR of Solids at 21.15 Tesla." Journal of Magnetic Resonance 156(1):152-154.
Lipton AS, MD Smith, RD Adams, and PD Ellis. 2002. "67Zn Solid-State and Single-Crystal NMR Spectroscopy and X-ray Crystal Structure of Zinc Formate Dihydrate." Journal of the American Chemical Society 124(3):410-414.