Jeffrey N. Agar

Jeffrey N. Agar is an assistant professor of chemistry at Brandeis University. Agar's specialties are bioinorganic chemistry, namely iron-sulfur clusters in metalloproteins, and mass spectrometry. He currently focuses on high-resolution mass spectrometry of post-translational modifications in proteins, trying to better understand neurodegenerative diseases, especially ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Aside from formal research, Agar develops and teach... more

Jeffrey N. Agar is an assistant professor of chemistry at Brandeis University. Agar's specialties are bioinorganic chemistry, namely iron-sulfur clusters in metalloproteins, and mass spectrometry. He currently focuses on high-resolution mass spectrometry of post-translational modifications in proteins, trying to better understand neurodegenerative diseases, especially ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Aside from formal research, Agar develops and teaches classes in bioinorganic chemistry and mass spectrometry at Brandeis. A native of Flint, Michigan, Agar has a B.S. from University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from University of Georgia. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at McGill University. He has published 21 peer-reviewed papers in biology. The most cited ones are: (2000) Biochemistry, 39 (27), pp. 7856-7862. Cited 187 times, according to Scopus http://www.chem.brandeis.edu/Agar.html less