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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
A nonclassical pathway of β-hematin crystal nucleation enables its suppression by antimalarials
Communications Chemistry
DOI
2025
2025
Direct observation of cholesterol monohydrate crystallization
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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