Manish Mehta

  • Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Areas of Study

Education

  • BA, Wabash College, 1986
  • PhD, Yale University, 1990

Biography

Feature Articles: Achievement Grant  ; Teacher-Scholar Award  

  • M.A. Mehta, M. T. Eddy*, S.A. McNeill, F.D. Mills, J.R. Long, “Determination of Peptide Backbone Torsion Angles Using Double-Quantum Dipolar Recoupling Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 2202-2212.
  • L.B. Andreas*, A.K. Mehta, M.A. Mehta, “Determination of Global Structure from Distance and Orientation Constraints in Biological Solids Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15233-15239.
  • M.A. Mehta, E.A. Fry*, M.T. Eddy*, M.T. Dedeo*, A.E. Anagnost*, J.R. Long, "Structure of the Alanine Dipeptide in Condensed Phases by 13C NMR", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 2777-2780.
  • G.P. Drobny, J.R. Long, T. Karlsson, W. Shaw, J. Popham, N. Oyler, P. bower, J. Stringer, D. Cregory, M.A. Mehta, P.S. Stayton, "Structural Studies of Biomaterials Using Double-Quantum Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy", Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2003, 54, 531-571.

Solid-state NMR and its application to the elucidation of biomolecular structure

Fall 2024

Chemical and Statistical Thermodynamics — CHEM 349

Spring 2025

Quantum Chemistry and Kinetics — CHEM 339

Notes

Manish Mehta Coauthored Article Published in "Crystengcomm"

August 13, 2024

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Manish Mehta recently published an article, "NMR-guided refinement of crystal structures using 15N chemical shift tensors," in Crystengcomm. His coauthors are Alex Nichols ’08 as well as collaborators from several institutions including Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Purdue University.

News

Sprinting to Success

January 6, 2017

Sarel Loewus '16, former captain of Oberlin women's track and field and cross country teams, is pursuing a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh.