Maddie Harper
4th-year graduate student (Analytical Chemistry)
Contact
email: Madeline.Hatch@uvm.edu
Education
BS, Chemistry, Wheaton College, MA (2016)
Biography
My name is Maddie Hatch, and I am a Ph.D. student from Massachusetts. I completed my undergraduate degree at Wheaton College, MA in Chemistry. I am interested in studying amylin, which is a protein involved in Type II Diabetes. Amylin amyloids can aggregate on the pancreas and can lead to in β-cell death, where both amylin and insulin are stored and released from when blood sugar increases. I am interested in studying amylin protein folding and amyloid formation, protein interactions in a cellular environment, and possible disease cross-seeding. In my off time, I enjoy skiing, hiking, and camping.
Published Works
Harper, M.; Nudurupati, U.; Workman, R.J.; Lakoba, T.I.; Perez, N.; Nelson, D.; Ou, Y.; Punihaole, D. “Towards Determining Amyloid Fibril Structures Using Experimental Constraints from Raman Spectroscopy.” J. Chem. Phys. 2023: (just accepted).