Chiara R. Valenzano Graduate Student Contact Information Mailing address Box H Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Email address Chiara_Valenzano@Brown.edu Education 2003 M.S. in Chemistry (University of Bari, Italy) 2005-present PhD candidate in Chemistry (Brown University)

Publications

• T. Liu, D. You, C. Valenzano, Y. Sun, J. Li, Q. Yu, X. Zhou, D. Cane, Z. Deng (2006) Identification of NanE as the Thioesterase for Polyether Chain Release in Nanchangmycin Biosynthesis.  Chemistry & Biology, Volume 13, Issue 9, Pages 945-955

• Jiaquan Wu, Toby J. Zaleski, Chiara Valenzano, Chaitan Khosla, and David E. Cane, “ Polyketide Double Bond Biosynthesis. Mechanistic Analysis of the Dehydratase-Containing Module of the Picromycin/Methymycin Polyketide Synthase,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 , 17393-17404 (2005) .