Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1990)
B.S., Biochemistry with Departmental Honors, Millersville University of Pennsylvania (1985)

Additional Professional Experiences

“White Biotechnology,” Sabbatical Leave, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany (2010-2011)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland at College Park (1990-1993)

Undergraduate student authors in bold

Lee, A. A.; Gervasio, E. D.; Hughes, R. O.; Maalouf, A. A.; Musso, S. A.; Crisalli, A. M.; Woolridge, E. M. “Alginate Encapsulation Stabilizes Xylanase Toward the Laccase Mediator System.” Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 2023, 195, 3311–3326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-022-04296-7

Badon, M. M.; Tekverk, D. G.; Vishnosky, N. S.; Woolridge, E. M. “Establishing the Oxidative Tolerance of Thermomyces lanuginosus Xylanase,” J. Appl. Microbiol. 2019, 127, 508-519. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14306

Woolridge, E. M. “Mixed Enzyme Systems for Delignification of Lignocellulosic Biomass,” Catalysts 2014, 4, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal4010001

Bendl, R. F.; Kandel, J. M.; Amodeo, K. D.; Ryder, A. M.; Woolridge, E. M. “Characterization of the Oxidative Inactivation of Xylanase by Laccase and a Redox Mediator,” Enzyme Microb. Tech. 2008, 43, 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2007.11.010

Yang, J.; Wang, Y.; Woolridge, E. M.; Arora, V.; Petsko, G. A.; Kozarich, J. W.; Ringe, D. “Crystal Structure of 3-Carboxy-cis,cis-muconate Lactonizing Enzyme from Pseudomonas putida, a Fumarase Class II Type Cycloisomerase: Enzyme Evolution in Parallel Pathways,” Biochemistry 2004, 43, 10424-10434. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi036205c

Hasson, M. S.; Schlichting, I.; McGowen, M. M.; Woolridge, E. M.; Kozarich, J. W.; Petsko, G. A.; Ringe, D. “Characterization of Two Crystal Forms of 3-Carboxy-cis,cis-muconate Lactonizing Enzyme from Pseudomonas putida,” Acta Crystallogr. 1997, D53, 352-353. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444996015648

Williams, S. E.; Woolridge, E. M.; Ransom, S. C.; Landro, J. A.; Babbitt, P. C.; Kozarich, J. W. “3-Carboxy-cis,cis-muconate Lactonizing Enzyme (CMLE) from Pseudomonas putida is Homologous to the Class II Fumarase Family: A New Reaction in the Evolution of a Mechanistic Motif,” Biochemistry 1992, 31, 9768-9776. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00155a033

Woolridge, E. M.; Rokita, S. E. “The Use of 6-(Difluoromethyl)indole to Study the Activation of Indole by Tryptophan Synthase,” Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1991, 286, 473-480. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-9861(91)90068-T

Woolridge, E. M.; Rokita, S. E. “6-(Difluoromethyl)tryptophan as a Probe for Substrate Activation during the Catalysis of Tryptophanase,” Biochemistry 1991, 30, 1852-1857. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bi00221a018

Woolridge, E. M.; Rokita, S. E. “Synthesis and Reactivity of 6-(Fluoromethyl)indole and 6-(Difluoromethyl)indole,” Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 6117-6120. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(01)93319-2

Woolridge, E.; Turchi, S. L.; Edwards, J. R. “The Peroxidase-Glucose Oxidase System in the Undergraduate Laboratory,” Biochem. Educ. 1986, 14, 82-83. https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1016/0307-4412%2886%2990073-7 Reprinted in Practical Biochemistry for Colleges; Wood, E. J., Ed.; Permagon: New York, 1989; pp 31-32.

Marist College Board of Trustees’ Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching (2021)

Marist College, Kilgariff Distinguished Service Award (2020)

Marist College Student Government Association, School of Science Faculty of the Year Award (2007, 2008, and 2021)

“Understanding the Oxidative Inactivation of Laccase and Xylanase toward Design of a Simultaneous Biodelignification System,” Cottrell College Science Award, Research Corporation (2003)

“Investigation of 3-Carboxymuconate Lactonizing Enzyme,” National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health (1991)