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Former Graduate Student
Wenchuan Ma
Ph.D.
Research Focus
Crystallization mechanisms of antimalarial drugs (Co-advised with Dr. Jeffrey Rimer)
Publications
2025
2025
Direct observation of cholesterol monohydrate crystallization
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI
2025
A nonclassical pathway of β-hematin crystal nucleation enables its suppression by antimalarials
Communications Chemistry
DOI
2023
Nonclassical mechanisms to irreversibly suppress β-hematin crystal growth
Communications Biology
DOI
2021
A second mechanism employed by artemisinins to suppress Plasmodium falciparum hinges on inhibition of hematin crystallization
Journal of Biological Chemistry
DOI