Robert Stanley

Robert Stanley

  • College of Science and Technology

    Department of Chemistry

    Professor

    Concentrations
    • Biophysical
    • Biochemistry
    • Physical
Office Location

Beury Hall 250B

Direct

215-204-2027

Department

215-204-7118

Research website          Google Scholar

Interests

DNA is often damaged by UV radiation penetrating the ozone layer. The Stanley group uses ultrafast laser spectroscopy and biochemistry to understand the mechanism of DNA repair by DNA photolyase. Photolyase is a flavoprotein that uses light to drive an photoinduced electron transfer reaction repairing the bound DNA lesion. We are using ultrafast laser and biochemical techniques to unravel the substrate binding and repair mechanism. 

​We are also interested in how the redox properties of flavoenzymes are tuned by the protein binding site. We are studying these interactions quantitatively using Stark spectroscopy.

Biography

1991-1996             Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University

1991                         Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University

1978                         B.S. University of California, Berkeley