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Gigi B. Ray

Gigi B. Ray Gigi B. Ray
Lecturer, Biochemistry,
Faculty Advisor for Chemistry Honors Students and STEM Summer Programs


A.B. (1985):  Bryn Mawr College
M.A. (1987) :  Princeton University
Ph.D. (1992) :  Princeton University
Postdoctoral Research Associate (1993) :  Univeristy of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Research Associate (1994, 1998) :  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Dr. Gigi B. Ray
Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4098
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4098

Department Office Phone: 404-413-5500
Hours: M-F 9am - 5:30pm



Phone: 404-413-5540
Fax: 404-413-5505
Office: 212 Courtland North
Email:  gbray@gsu.edu

Representative Publications

*Undergraduate student co-authors indicated with asterisks.

  1. Molecular Modeling of Heme Proteins using MOE: Bio-Inorganic and Structure-Function Activity for Undergraduates, Gigi B. Ray and J. Whitney Cook*, Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ., 2005, 33, 194-201.

  2. HIV Integrase Inhibitor Interactions with Active-Site Metal Ions: Fact or Fiction? Abby L. Parrill, Gigi B. Ray, Mohsen Abu-Khudeir*, Amy Hirsh* and Angela Jolly*; in Computational Organometallic Chemistry, Thomas R. Cundari, Ed., Marcel Dekker, New York, 2001; pp. 185-203.

  3. How Far Can Proteins Bend the FeCO Unit ? Distal Polar and Steric Effects in Heme Proteins and Models, Gigi B. Ray, Xiao-Yuan Li, James A. Ibers, Jonathan L. Sessler and Thomas G. Spiro, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 162-176.

  4. Evidence for a Weak Mn=O Bond and a Non-porphyrin radical in Manganese-Substituted Horseradish Peroxidase Compound I, Robert J. Nick, Gigi B. Ray, Kenneth M. Fish, Thomas G. Spiro and John T. Groves, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 1838-1840.

  5. Resonance Raman and Infrared Spectra of Azidoiron(III) and Azidomanganese(III) Porphyrins, Roman S. Czernuszewicz, Wolf D. Wagner, Gigi B. Ray and Kazuo Nakamoto, J. Mol. Spec., 1991, 242, 99-117.

  6. Resonance Raman Evidence for Low-spin Fe2+ Heme a3 in Energized Cytochrome c Oxidase: Implications for the Inhibition of O2 Reduction, Gigi B. Ray, Robert A. Copeland, C. P. Lee and Thomas G. Spiro, Biochemistry, 1990, 29, 3208-3213.