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Ileana Pazos (Fed)
Research Chemist
Dr. Ileana M. Pazos is a Research Chemist in the Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Her focus is in supporting various applications in industrial ionizing radiation-processing through the High-Dose Dosimetry program. She is also involved in the Photonic Dosimetry project that aims to develop micron-scaled radiation sensors.
Publications
Pazos, I.M.; Ahmed, I.; León Berríos, M.I.; Gai, F. 2015. Sensing pH via p-Cyanophenylalanine Fluorescence: Application to Determine Peptide pKa and Membrane-Penetration Kinetics. Anal. Biochem; 483; 21-26.
Chuntonov, L., Pazos, I.M.; Ma, J.; Gai, F. 2015. Kinetics of Exchange Between Zero-, One-, and Two-Hydrogen Bonded States of Methyl and Ethyl Acetate in Methanol. J. Phys. Chem. B; 119; 4512-4520.
Ma, J.; Pazos, I.M.; Zhang, W.; Culik, R.M.; Gai, F. 2015. Site-Specific Infrared Probes of Proteins. Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem.; 66; 357-377.
Pazos, I.M.; Ghosh, A.; Tucker, M. J.; Gai, F. 2014. Ester Carbonyl Vibration as a Sensitive Probe of Protein Local Electric Field. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.; 53; 6080-6084.
Ma, J.; Pazos, I.M.; Gai, F. 2014. Microscopic Insights into the Protein-Stabilizing Effect of Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). Proc. the Nat. Acad. of Sci. U.S.A.; 111; 8476-8481.
Culik, R.M.; Abaskharon, R.M.; Pazos, I.M.; Gai, F. 2014. Experimental Validation of the Role of Trifluoroethanol as a Nano-Crowder. J. Phys. Chem. B; 118; 11455-11461.
Pazos, I.M.; Roesch, R.M.; Gai, F. 2013. Quenching of p-Cyanophenylalanine Fluorescence by Various Anions. Chem. Phys. Letts. 563; 93-96.
Pazos, I.M.; Gai, F. 2012. Solute's Perspective on How Trimethylamine Oxide, Urea, and Guanidine Hydrochloride Affect Water's Hydrogen Bonding Ability. J. Phys. Chem. B; 116; 12473-12478.
Schultz, Z. D.; Pazos, I.M.; McNeil-Watson, F.K.; Lewis, E.N.; Levin, I.W. 2009. Magnesium-Induced Lipid Bilayer Microdomain Reorganizations: Implications for Membrane Fusion. J. Phys. Chem. B; 113; 9932-9941.
Struganova, I.; Wallner, A. S.; Pazos, I.; 2008. Two-Dimensional 1H NMR Spectroscopy of 1,1′-Diethyl-2,2′-Cyanine Iodide in Water and Methanol. J. Mol. Struc. 875; 447-455.
Lufaso, M.W.; Vanderah, T. A.; Pazos, I.M.; Levin, I.; Roth, R. S.; Nino, J.C.; Provenzano, V.; Schenck, P.K. 2006. Phase Formation, Crystal Chemistry, and Properties in the System Bi2O3-Fe2O3-Nb2O5. J. Sol. State Chem. 179; 3900-3910.