Kathleen D. Knierim

Kathleen D. Knierim
  • Faculty
  • Associate Professor

Education

B.S.
Utah State University

Ph.D., 1980
University of California at Davis

Student Research/Collaboration

Physical Chemistry - Computer modeling related to chemical kinetics, equilibrium and transport properties. Recent applications have been in the areas of pitting corrosion in oilfield environments and kinetics of DNA cleavage by metal complexes.

Publications

  • Wu Xu, Yuanya Zhang, Oliver Y. Achi, Kathleen D. Knierim, Justin G. Hanks and Yingchun Wang. 鈥淭yrosine Nitration of Human ERK1 Introduces an Intra Hydrogen Bond by Molecular Dynamics Simulations鈥 Structural Chemistry, August 2019, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p1459.
  • Salah S. Massoud, Richard S. Perkins, Kathleen D. Knierim, Sean P. Comiskey, Kara H. Otero, Corey L. Michel, Wesley M. Juneau, J枚rg H. Albering, Franz A. Mautner, Wu Xu, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2013, 399, 177-184.  鈥淓ffect of the chelate ring size on the cleavage activity of DNA by copper(II) complexes containing pyridyl groups鈥
  • James D. Garber, Kathleen Knierim, Vinayak B. Patil, and Jared Hebert, 鈥淩ole of Acetates on Pitting Corrosion in a CO2 System鈥, Corrosion 2010, paper 10185
  • James D. Garber, Kathleen Knierim, Juan Acuna, and Mr. Karan C. Deokar, 鈥淢odeling Pitting Corrosion in a CO2 System Containing Bacteria鈥, Corrosion 2008, paper 8545
  • Xu, W.; Craft, J. A.; Fontenot, P. R.; Barens, M.; Knierim, K. D.; Albering, J. H.; Mautner, F. A.; Massoud, S. S., Inorg. Chim. Acta 2011, 373,159-166. 鈥淓ffect of the Central Metal Ion on the Cleavage of DNA by [M(TPA)Cl]ClO4 Complexes (M = CoII, CuII and ZnII, TPA = tris(2- pyridylmethyl) amine). An Efficient Artificial Nuclease for DNA Cleavage 鈥