Members
Members of Dr. Oppenheim’s group, from left:
Xiuli Sun, Satheesh Elangovan, Homan Hanasab, Erdjan Salih, Frank Oppenheim, Weimin Zhang, and Eva Helmerhorst.
- Member
- Frank G. Oppenheim DMD, Ph.D
- fropp@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617-358-3831
- Member
- Eva J. Helmerhorst Ph.D
- helmer@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617-414-1119
- Current Research
- Functional activity of histatins and other salivary proteins in the proteolytic context of whole saliva.
- Member
- Weimin Zhang Ph.D
- wzhang@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617-638-4988
- Current Research
- In vivo human enamel pellicle proteomics.
- Member
- Erdjan Salih Ph.D
- salih@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617-358-9695
- Current Research
- Protein chemistry and enzyme biochemistry approaches in the studies of structure-function and biological activity of salivary phosphoproteins/peptides.
- Member
- Xiuli Sun DSc student
- xiulisun@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617-638-4916
- Current Research
- Kinetic and mechanistic studies of salivary proteases and their impact on histatin structure.
- Member
- Satheesh Elangovan DSc student
- satheesh@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617-638-4916
- Current Research
- In vitro effect of various substitution components in hydroxyapatite on pellicle formation.
- Member
- Homan Hanasab Master student
- hhanasab@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617-638-4916
- Current Research
- Oral Candida carriage and salivary antifungal activity.