Vitor H Pomin
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
Vitor H Pomin (MS, PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry, Glycobiology, and NMR Spectroscopy at Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since May 2011. He pursued his undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences and graduate studies in Biological Chemistry at the same university. He received his Diplomas of Licentiate, MS, and PhD in 2003, 2005 and 2008, respectively. His MS and PhD were supervised by Prof. Paulo A S Mourão. After this period, he pursued a Post-doctorate experience at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, United States, until April 2011, under the supervision of the Eminent Scholar of NMR spectroscopy Prof. James H. Prestegard. He has over 40 published articles in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, 11 book chapters, besides being editor of 6 academic/scientific books. He serves as an Editorial Member and frequent reviewer of many internationally recognized journals like Biopolymers, Carbohydrate Polymers, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects, Marine Drugs, Phytochemistry, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Glycoconjugate Journals, ACS Biochemistry, Current Protein & Peptide Science, and others. He conducts research on glycobiology (especially sulfated polysaccharides), structural (glyco) biology and NMR spectroscopy.
Abstract
Abstract : Advances in structural biology of glycosaminoglycans by 15N-NMR spectroscopy