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About Prof. Offenbacher
Dr. Adam Offenbacher was born and raised in a small rural community in northwest Ohio. He is a first generation student, receiving his bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at Ohio Northern University (ONU). While at ONU, he was immersed in two areas of research: transient laser spectroscopy and nucleic acids. After participating in a research experience for undergraduates (REU), Dr. Offenbacher pursued a graduate degree at Georgia Institute of Technology.
At Georgia Tech, he was trained by Prof. Bridgette A. Barry and studied the regulation of high energy intermediates in biological proton-coupled electron transfer reactions using a combination of high resolution vibrational (FT-IR, UV resonance Raman) and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic techniques.
After working for a short stent as a postdoc in Prof. Barry’s lab on the mechanism of proton transport in photosystem II, Dr. Offenbacher was a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein postdoc in Prof. Judith P. Klinman’s group at University of California Berkeley. He studied the mechanism of enzymatic C-H activation reactions that occur by quantum tunneling.