Matthew E. Merritt
University of Florida, USA
Biography
Dr. Merritt completed his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Washington University in St. Lous in 1996 with Dr. Jacob Schaefer. From 1997 to 2000, he completed post-doctoral training with Dr. Gary Drobny at the University of Washington. In 2000 he joined the staff at UT Southwestern Medical Center. In 2008, he became assistant professor (tenure track) and achieved the rank of associate professor in 2015. In August 2015, he joined the faculty of the University of Florida Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. His group uses isotope methods for measuring flux through energy pathways in models of human pathologies.