Education

• Postdoctoral Research, Duke University
• Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
• B.Sc. University of California at Irvine

Research Interests

• Organic synthesis
• Peroxide, hydroperoxide, ozone, oxidations
• Nanohybrid functional materials
• Bioanalytical chemistry
• Medicinal chemistry
• Chemical biology

Recent Publications

• A Multi-Omics Investigation into the Mechanism of Action of an Anti-Tubercular Fatty Acid Analog (2022)  Sakallioglu, I. T., et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022 144,  21157-21173; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08238.  
   
• "Biosynthesis of odd-carbon unsaturated fatty dicarboxylic acids through engineering the HSAF biosynthetic gene in Lysobacter enzymogenes. Khetrapal, V.; Dussault, P. H.; Du. L.*. Mol.  Biotechl. 2022, 64, 1401–1408; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-022-00520-1. 
   
• Deciphering the Mechanism of Action of Anti-Tubercular Compounds with Metabolomics.  Sakallioglu, I. T.; Barletta, R. G.; Dussault, P. H.; Powers, R.* Comp. Struct. Biotech. J. 2021, 19, 4284-4299.
   
• 3-Phenylpropyl (tetrahydropyran-2-yl) peroxide (monoperoxyacetal). Kyasa, S. K.*; Dussault, P. H. in EROS (Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis) 2021, J. Bode, ed. Wiley; https://doi.org/10.1002/047084289X.rn02380. 
   
• A modular approach to introduction of peroxides onto molecules and nanostructures. Horn, A.; Dussault, P. H.  RSC Advances, 2020, 10, 44408.
   
• Chemistry of Peresters. Locklear, M. E.; Dussault, P. H.  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 4814-4840; doi:10.1002/ejoc.202000386