Kirsten Skogerson
- Position
- Graduate Student
- Contact
- Fiehn Lab
Division of Biological Sciences UC Davis
Genome Center Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility
451 East Health Sciences Drive
Davis, CA 95616-8816
Research Interests
- Measurement of volatile compounds in complex mixtures
- Metabolomics applications to grape & wine research
- UV-vis predictive methods for measurement of phenolic compounds in red wine fermentations
Education
University of California, Davis
Doctoral Candidate, Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry, July 2006-present
Master of Science, Viticulture & Enology, July 2006
Masters Thesis: Prediction of Phenolic Components in Red Wine Fermentations using Indirect Spectral Methods and
Partial Least Squares
Independent Projects: HPLC- and NMR-based Metabolomics: Tools for Correlating Rootstock Chemistry with Disease
Tolerance and Investigation into Temperature Gradient Formation in Red Wine Fermentations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Master of Science, Biochemistry (Stubbe lab), September 1997
Masters Thesis: Studies of the Inactivation of Thymine Hydroxylase by 5-Ethynyluracil
Yale, New Haven, CT
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, June 1994
B.S. awarded with departmental honors
Arthur M. Fleisher award for outstanding senior thesis in chemistry
Publications
Skogerson, K., M. Downey, M. Mazza and R. Boulton. 2007. The rapid determination of phenolic components in red wines from UV-visible spectra and the method of partial least squares. Am. J. Enol. Vitic., 58:318-325.
Skogerson, K.J. 2006. Rapid determination of phenolic compounds in red wine fermentations using predictive spectral methods. M.S. Thesis.
Huang, L., D. Sexton, K. Skogerson, M. Devlin, R. Smith, I. Sanyal, T. Parry, R. Kent, J. Enright, Q. Wu, G. Conley, D. DeOliveira, L. Morganelli, M. Ducar, C. Wescott, and R. Ladner. 2003. Novel Peptide Inhibitors of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2. J. Biol. Chem. 278(18): 15532-15540.
Mukerjee, S., K. Skogerson, S. DeGala, and J.P. Caradonna. 2000. Skirting the oxo-wall: characterization and catalytic reactivity of binuclear Co2+/3+ 1,2-bis(2-hydroxybenzamido) benzene complexes with comparison to their isostructural Fe2+/3+ analogs. Implications of d-electron count on oxygen atom transfer catalysis. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 297(1):313-329.
Skogerson, K.J. 1997. Studies of the inactivation of thymine hydroxylase by 5-ethynyluracil. M.S. Thesis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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