Susana Teixeira

Kelman Group

Contact

Email: susanat@udel.edu

Call: (865) 206-3764

Education

2011-2012: Postgraduate associate level

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Keele University (UK).

2000-2003: Ph.D. in Chemistry

University of Reading, UK, for ‘X-ray Crystallographic studies on proteins and anti-cancer DNA intercalators’. Supervisors: Prof. C. Cardin and Dr. Peter Charlton (Xenova Plc, Slough, UK). 

1991-1997: Chemical Engineering MSc

Major in Applied Chemistry. Inst. Sup. Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Profile

Staff Scientist at the U. Delaware Center for Neutron Science; Guest Researcher at the NIST Center for Neutron Research since 2016, working as a Small Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument Scientist.

Expertise in neutron scattering and crystallographic techniques for Structural Biology and Soft Matter. Over 18 years of experience at x-ray and neutron large scale facilities. Committed to the development of instrumentation and sample environment to enable neutron scattering experiments. Interested in studies of protein stability (e.g. monoclonal antibodies), the use of high-pressure to probe biopolymer solutions, and applications of neutrons to food studies.