Postdoctoral 2008-2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. 2006 Montana State University, Inorganic Chemistry B.S. 2001 Temple University, Chemistry

Biochemistry Physical/Inorganic

The emphasis of my research lives at the interface between chemistry, biology, and materials. My lab uses biological molecules (peptides) to improve the properties of materials. Using a technique called phage display we are looking for peptides that have high binding affinity for diverse materials. We will combine these peptides in order to improve the functionality and applications of these materials.

Hess, GT, Cragnolini, JJ, Popp, MW, Allen, MA, Dougan, SK, Spooner, E, Ploegh, HL, Belcher, AM, Guimaraes, CP, “M13 Bacteriophage Display Framework that Allows Sortase-Mediated Modification of Surface-Accessible Phage Proteins”, Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2012, 23, 1478-1487

Nuraje, N. Dang, X, Qi, J, Allen, MA, Belcher, AM, “Biotemplated Synthesis of Perovskite Nanomaterials for Solar Energy Conversion” Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, 2885-2889

Oh, D, Dang, X, Hyunjung, Y, Allen, MA, Xu, K, Lee, YJ, Belcher, AM, “Graphene Sheets Stabilized on Genetically Engineered M13 Viral Templates as Conducting Frameworks for Hybrid Energy-Storage Materials”, Small, 2012, 8, 1006-1011

Usselman, RJ, Russek SE, Klem, MT, Allen, MA, Douglas, T, Young, M, Idzerda, YU, Singel, DJ, “Temperature dependence of electron magnetic resonance spectra of iron oxide nanoparticles mineralized in Listeria innocua protein cages” Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, 112, 084701

Zadvornyy, OA, Allen, M, Brumfield, SK, Varpness Z, Boyd, ES, Zorin, NA, Serebriakova, L, Douglas, T, Peters, JW, “Hydrogen Enhances Nickel Tolerance in the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina”, Environmental Sciences Technology, 2010, 44, 834-840

Parker, MJ, Allen, MA, Ramsay, B, Klem, MT, Young, M, Douglas, T, “Expanding the temperature range of biomimetic synthesis using a ferritin from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus” Chemistry of Materials, 2008, 20, 1541-1547

Schweitzer, MH, Suo, Z, Avci, R, Asara, JM, Allen, MA, Arce, FT, Horner, JR, “Analyses of soft tissue from Tyrannosaurus rex suggest the presence of protein” Science, 2007, 316, 277-279

Uchida, M, Klem, MT, Allen, M, Suci, P, Flenniken, M, Gillitzer, E, Varpness, Z, Young, M, Douglas, T “Biological Containers: Protein Cages as Multifunctional Nano- Platforms” Advanced Materials, 2007, 19, 1025-1042

Wiedenheft, B, Flenniken, ML, Allen, MA, Young, M, Douglas, T, “Bioprospecting in high temperature environments; application of thermostable protein cages” Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 1091-1098

Uchida, M, Flenniken, ML, Allen, M, Willits, DA, Crowley, BE, Brumfield, S, Willis, AF, Jackiw, L, Jutila, M, Young, MJ, Douglas, T “Targeting of cancer cells with ferrimagnetic ferritin cage nanoparticles” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 16626-16633

Ramsay, B, Wiedenheft, B, Allen, M, Gauss, GH, Lawrence, CM, Young, M, Douglas, T, “Dps-like protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus” Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2006, 100, 1061-1068

Resnick, DA, Allen, M, Klem, MT, Gilmore, K, Idzerda, YU, Arenholz, E, Young, M, Douglas, T, “Magnetic properties of Co3O4 nanoparticles mineralized in Listeria innocua Dps”, Journal of Applied Physics, 2006, 99, 08Q501

Liepold, L O, Revis, J, Allen, M, Oltrogge, L, Young, M, Douglas, T, "Structural Transitions in Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus (CCMV)" Physical Biology, 2005, 2, S166-S172.

Allen, M, Bulte, JWM, Liepold, L, Basu, G, Zywicke, HA, Frank, JA, Young, M, Douglas, T, "Paramagnetic viral nanoparticles as potential high-relaxivity magnetic resonance contrast agents" Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2005, 54, 807-812.

Gilmore, K, Idzerda, YU, Klem, MT, Allen, M, Douglas, T Young, M, "Surface contribution to the anisotropy energy of spherical magnetite particles" Journal of Applied Physics, 2005, 97.

Usselman, RJ, Klem, M, Allen, M, Walter, ED, Gilmore, K, Douglas, T, Young, M, Idzerda, Y, Singel, DJ, "Electron magnetic resonance of iron oxide nanoparticles mineralized in protein cages" Journal of Applied Physics, 2005, 97.

Hosein, HA, Strongin, DR, Allen, M, Douglas, T, "Iron and Cobalt oxide and metallic nanoparticles prepared from ferritin" Langmuir 2004, 20, 10283-10287

Allen, M, Willits, D, Young, M, Douglas, T, "Constrained synthesis of cobalt oxide nanomaterials in the 12-subunit protein cage from Listeria innocua" Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 42, 6300-6305.

Basu, G, Allen, M, Willits, D, Young, M, Douglas, T, "Metal binding to cowpea chlorotic mottle virus using terbium(III) fluorescence" Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 8, 721-725.

Allen, M, Willits, D, Mosolf, J, Young, M, Douglas, T, "Protein cage constrained synthesis of ferrimagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles" Advanced Materials, 2002, 14, 1562-1565.