Michele Davis McGibony
Associate Professor
Biochemistry

B.S. Georgia Southern Univ. (1993)
Ph.D. University of Alabama (1997)

Office: Chemistry & Nursing Rm 3215
Phone: (912) 478-5919
E-mail: mdavis@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Michele Davis McGibony earned a BS in chemistry from Georgia Southern University in 1993 and completed a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Alabama in 1997, where her research focused on adult-onset diabetes, glucose metabolism, and the metalloprotein chromadulin. She joined the Chemistry Department at Georgia Southern in 2000 as an assistant professor of biochemistry. Dr. McGibony maintains an active undergraduate research group, and her research students regularly present their work at local, regional, and national scientific meetings. Current research projects in her laboratory include investigations of the iron chelation ability of the marine metabolite adenochrome and of the biological activity of synthetically produced derivatives of dragmacidins. Dr. McGibony is also the advisor to the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society of Georgia Southern University, who have earned Outstanding Chapter Awards for the past two years. In her free time, Dr. McGibony enjoys spending time with her husband, reading, water-skiing, wakeboarding, and playing the piano.

Courses Taught

  • Chem1140 Introduction to General, Organic and Biological Chemistry
  • Chem1145 Principles of Chemistry I
  • Chem1146 Principles of Chemistry II
  • Chem 5541: Biochemistry I
  • Chem 5542: Biochemistry II

Selected Publications

  • Hand, J. Kevin, Sears, R. Bryan, and Davis-McGibony, C. Michele Phosphonylation of an Alkyl Bromide. Synthetic Pages, 2005, 226.
  • Stewart, Amanda L., Askea, Meaghan E., Hill, April J., and Davis, C. Michele Isolation of Adenochrome from the Branchial Hearts of the Common Brown Octopus. Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 2004, 3, 1, 1-5.
  • Davis, C. Michele and Vincent, John B. The Role of Chromium in Glucose Metabolism. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 1998, 2, 675-679.

Awards & Recognitions

  • 1998 Graduate School of the The University of Alabama Outstanding Dissertation Award
  • 1998 Chemistry Department of The University of Alabama Outstanding Graduate Student Award
  • 1997 Graduate School of the The University of Alabama Award for Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student
  • 1996 Alan Hisey Memorial Endowed Biochemistry Scholarship
  • 1993 American Institute of Chemistry Foundation Award for Outstanding Chemistry Senior

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