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Morgan M. Kennebeck

Morgan M. Kennebeck

Undergraduate Student
(January 2020-May 2023)

B.S. Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2023

Email: morgan.kennebeck@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-kennebeck-a734891b6/

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Brief Biography

Morgan Kennebeck was an undergraduate student majoring in Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She performed undergraduate research under the supervision of Prof. Scott K. Silverman. After graduation, she attended UC Berkeley to obtain her Ph.D. in Chemistry.

Research Interests

In my research project, I identified DNAzymes that modify DNA and RNA nucleobases by acylation.

  • "DNAzyme-Catalyzed Site-Specific N-Acylation of DNA Oligonucleotide Nucleobases", M. M. Kennebeck, C. K. Kaminsky, M. A. Massa, P. K. Das, R. D. Boyd, M. Bishka, J. T. Tricarico, and S. K. Silverman, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202317565. [pdf] [Supp Info] [PubMed entry]