Contact
Information
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Work:
310-206-3215
Los Angeles, CA 90024
E-mail:
gallup@chem.ucla.edu
Education
Boston University, Boston, Massachussets USA
B.A., Chemistry with honors, May 2013
• GPA 3.22 (GPA in Major: 3.38)
• Minor: Mathematics
University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California USA
Ph.D., Theoretical Chemistry, Current
Honors and
Awards
Student Research Award, Boston University UROP, 2012.
Dean’s Scholarship, Boston University, 2009-2013.
Grants for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarships award, Boston University, 2013
University Fellowship, UCLA, 2013
Service and
Leadership
Member, Tutor, Chemia, BU Department of Chemistry, 2011–2013.
Secretary, Boston University DJ Association, BU Student Group, 2011–2012
Vice President, Boston University DJ Association, BU Student Group, 2012–2013
Member, Organization for Cultural Diversity in Chemistry, UCLA Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, 2013–present
Academic
Experience
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Research Assistant
September, 2010 - May, 2013
Performed research in the field of computational chemistry concerning Nosé-Hoover chains, general-
ized Guassian moment thermostatting, metadynamics, molecule parameterization under CHARMM,
and mapping potential energy surfaces of folding for protein-like compounds.
Teaching Assistant
January, 2012 - May, 2012
Lab instructor for advanced general chemistry. Duties included: Technique instruction, supervision,
and grading.
Publications
Gallup, N.M.; Cohen, M.E.; Abrams, B. “Towards an All-Atom Model for m-Poly(phenylene ethyny-
lene) Class of Foldamers using the CHARMM27 Force Field: Studies of the Structure and Unfolding
Pathway of Foldamers” (manuscript progress).
Gallup, N.M.; Cohen, M.E.; Abrams, B. “Parameterizing a flexible, all-atom, CHARMM-27 specific
model of chloroform” (manuscript in progress).
Gallup, N.M.; Cohen, M.E.; Abrams, B. “Boston University Molecular Dynamics for Instructional
Tutorials.” Boston University. Internally published August, 2013.
Abrams, B.; Gallup, N.M.; “Molecular recognition sites of polysaccharide monooxygenases CBM33
and GH61-type enzymes in the binding of cellulose: improving enzyme affinity” (in progress).
Gallup, N.M.; Alexandrova, A.; “Characterizing the catalytic mechanism for polysaccharide monooxy-
genases and improving catalytic activity in the degradation of recalcitrant cellulose” (in progess).