Hannah S. Tims

Hannah S. Tims, Visiting Instructor in Chemistry and Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr. Virginia Pett, received her B.S. from Bethel College in St. Paul, MN in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2002). She recently received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cellular Biology (2007). Her thesis research focused on spontaneous and catalyzed nucleosome accessibility, studied with biophysical and biochemical techniques.

Hannah's research interests include studying the basic principles of the structure-function relationship of proteins and DNAs, using biophysical techniques to probe structural fluctuations. She is working with Dr. Virginia Pett on characterizing a small heat shock protein, and she is teaching Introductory College Chemistry I and II.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

H. Tims, J. Widom. Stopped-flow fluorescence resonance energy transfer for analysis of nucleosome dynamics. Methods 2007 41, 296-303.