Faculty Profile

Michael Toney
Professor of Chemistry and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Chemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
2469 Chemistry Annex
Office
Lab
mdtoney@ucdavis.edu
[Picture of Michael Toney]

Degrees:
1990 - PhD - University of California, Berkeley - Biochemistry
1985 - BS - University of Alabama - Chemistry

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Biophysics
Non-DBS Grad Group(s) - Chemistry

Publications:
The following will give you a current publication list from PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Search&term=Toney+MD[AUTH]&doptcmdl=DocSum

Research Interests:
Enzyme reaction mechanisms, enzyme engineering, rapid-reaction kinetics, enzyme kinetics, X-ray crystallography.
We are interested in both fundamental and applied aspects of enzymes

Teaching Interests:


Organic Chemistry. Mechanistic Enzymology. Kinetics. Physical Organic Chemistry

Courses Taught:
CHE 8 Organic Chemsitry - Short Course
CHE 118 Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences
CHE 128 Organic Chemistry for Majors
CHE 237 Bio-organic Chemistry
CHE 233 Physical Organic Chemistry
MCB 221B Mechanistic Enzymology