Office: Science Center 210A

Phone: (508) 565-1182

Email: mhall@stonehill.edu

Dr. Hall received her B.S. in Chemistry in 1992 from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She then earned her Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology where she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton. Her thesis involved the design of a synthetic deoxyribonuclease using a chimera of a DNA-binding rhodium complex and a short, Zn²⁺-coordinating peptide. From 1998-2000, Dr. Hall carried out post-doctoral research at New England Biolabs in Beverly, MA, creating an artificial bifunctional intein capable of both protein splicing and homing endonuclease activity. During her post-doc, she was also an adjunct professor at Massasoit Community College, teaching general chemistry from 1999-2000. Her research interests lie in bioinorganic chemistry, particularly in the study and modeling of metal-containing enzyme active sites. Her current project involves using peptide phage display to model the coordination of Zn²⁺ in zinc-containing metalloenzymes.

Professor Hall's Courses:

CH 113 General Chemistry I (Fall)

CH 114 General Chemistry II (Spring)

BC 343 Biochemistry I (Fall)

BC 345 Biochemistry Laboratory (Spring)