Abdelahad Khajo
Title
Visiting Assistant Professor of ChemistryDepartment
Natural SciencesAbout
Professor Khajo’s Ph. D. thesis research was devoted to the detection and analysis of radicals and reactive oxygen species and their interaction with biological molecules. His expertise includes electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR), rapid freeze-quenching and spin-trapping of paramagnetic species, fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), UV-Vis and stopped-flow spectrometry.
After completing his Ph. D. work, he did his post-doctoral training at Brooklyn College under the supervision of Professor Richard Magliozzo (2012-2014).
He started teaching General, Organic and Biochemistry courses at several NYC colleges as an adjunct assistant professor in 2014.
He joined Marymount Manhattan College as an adjunct assistant professor in Fall 2021. As an adjunct at MMC, he taught General Chemistry I & II labs and Forensic Science lecture.
In Fall 2023 he was hired as a Visiting Assistant Professor and will be teaching General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II and Biochemistry lectures and labs.
He has several publications, poster presentations and awards.
He’s proud to be a part of the Marymount Manhattan College community.
Degree(s)
Professor Khajo received his B. S. (2004), M. A. (2007), and Ph. D. (2012) in Chemistry from the The City University of New York.
Recent Work
Chatterjee, S.; Prados-Rosales, R.; Tan, S.; Phan, V. C.; Chrissian, C.; Itin, B.; Wang, H.; Khajo, A.; Magliozzo, R. S.; Casadevall, A.; and Stark R. E. The melanization road more traveled by: precursor substrate effects on melanin synthesis in cell-free and fungal cell systems. J. Biol. Chem. 2018, 293(52), 20157-20168.
Zhang, L.; Andersen, E. M. E.; Khajo, A.; Magliozzo, R. S.; and Koder, R. L. Dynamic Factors Affecting Gaseous Ligand Binding in an Artificial Oxygen Transport Protein. Biochemistry 2013, 52(3), 447-455.
Zhao, X.; Khajo, A.; Jarrett, S.; Suarez, J.; Levitsky, Y.; Burger, R. M.; Jarzecki, A. A.; and Magliozzo, R. S. Specific function of the Met-Tyr-Trp adduct radical and residues Arg418 and Asp137 in the atypical catalase reaction of catalase-peroxidase KatG. J. Biol. Chem. 2012, 287(44), 37057-37065.
Khajo, A. Radical formation and functions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalase-peroxidase (KatG) and in Cryptococcus neoformans melanin. Doctoral dissertation, City University of New York, 2012.
Zhang, Q.; Khajo, A.; Sai, T.; de Albuquerque, I.; Magliozzo, R.; and Levon, K. Intramolecular Transport of Charge Carriers in Trimeric Aniline upon a Three-Step Acid Doping Process. J. Phys. Chem. A 2012, 116, 7629-7635.
Ranguelova, K.; Rice, A. B.; Khajo, A.; Triquigneaux, M. ; Garantziotis, S.; Magliozzo, R. S.; and Mason, R. P. Formation of Reactive Sulfite-Derived Free Radicals by the Activation of Human Neutrophils: An ESR Study. Free Rad. Biol. Med. 2012, 52(8), 1264-1271.
Khajo, A.; Bryan, R. A. ; Friedman, M. ; Burger, R. M. ; Levitsky, Y. ; Casadevall, A. ; Magliozzo, R. S. ; and Dadachova, E. Protection of melanized Cryptococcus neoformans from lethal dose gamma irradiation involves changes in melanin’s chemical structure and paramagnetism. PLoS ONE 2011, 6(9): e25092.
Zhao, X.; Suarez, J.; Khajo, A.; Yu, S.; Metlitsky, L.; and Magliozzo, R. S. A radical on the Met-Tyr-Trp modification required for catalase activity in catalase-peroxidase is established by isotopic labeling and site- directed mutagenesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132 (24), 8268-8269.
Colangeli, R.; Haq, A.; Arcus, V. L.; Summers, E.; Magliozzo, R. S.; McBride, A.; Mitra, A. K.; Radjainia, M.; Khajo, A.; Jacobs Jr., W. R.; Salgame, P.; and Alland, D. The multifunctional histone-like protein Lsr2 protects mycobacteria against reactive oxygen intermediates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U S A 2009, 106(11): 4414-4418.