Kayla A. Kaiser
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
 
Email: kkaiser@kecksci.claremont.edu
Office: Center Court E1
Phone: 909-607-9606
Office Hours: MW 10-11am
Web Site: http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/kkaiser/
   
Educational Background:
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry
University of California, Riverside
March 2012, Advisor: Cynthia K. Larive

M.S. Chemistry
Arizona State University
May 2005, Advisor: Karl S. Booksh

B.S. Chemistry
University of Nebraska at Kearney
May 2002, Advisor: Diana S. Aga
Courses Taught:
Chem 14 Basic Principles of Chemistry, Lecture and Lab

Chem 15 Basic Principles of Chemistry, Lecture and Lab
Research Interests:
Bioanalytical chemistry with applications in environmental and process monitoring, biosensing and diagnostic applications, as well as plant metabolomics and agricultural biotechnology.
Thesis Topics:
Chemical Ecology at the Bernard Field Station
Circadian Regulation of Metabolism in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Organ-specific Responses to Low Oxygen Stress in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
 
Selected Publications List: Click to open new window.
1.   James D. Kim, Kayla A. Kaiser, Cynthia K. Larive, and Katherine A. Borkovich . (2011). Use of ¹H NMR to measure intracellular metabolite levels during growth and asexual sporulation in Neurospora crassa. Eukaryotic Cell   10: 820-831. Abstract Article
 
2.   Kayla A. Kaiser, Gregory A. Barding, Cynthia K. Larive . (2009). Metabolic profiling of plants by 1H-NMR: A comparison of metabolite extraction strategies using rosette leaves of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry   47: S147-S156. Abstract Article
 
3.   Cristina Branco-Price, Kayla A. Kaiser, Charles J. H. Jang, Cynthia K. Larive, Julia Bailey-Serres . (2008). Selective mRNA translation coordinates energetic and metabolic adjustments to hypoxia and reoxygenation in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal   56: 743–755. Abstract Article