Dr. Michael Marty

Biography

Michael Marty is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned a B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from St. Olaf College and completed his Ph.D. in chemistry as a Springborn Fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign under the supervision of Professor Stephen Sligar. Following his doctoral studies, he pursued postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford with Professor Dame Carol Robinson. Professor Marty joined the faculty at the University of Arizona in 2016 and transitioned to the University of Texas in 2025. His research primarily focuses on the application of lipoprotein nanodiscs and mass spectrometry to study membrane proteins, which play critical roles in various biochemical processes and are significant drug targets. He emphasizes the intricate nature of membrane proteins and the importance of lipid bilayers, which are often overlooked in understanding membrane protein structure and function. His lab develops new analytical methods to probe the structure and dynamics of these challenging biomolecules, utilizing native mass spectrometry to maintain complex integrity during analysis. Additionally, he investigates lipidomics to explore interactions between lipids and membrane proteins, employing advanced techniques to enrich and characterize lipid profiles in the context of biophysical studies.

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