Pupa Gilbert (née Gelsomina De Stasio)
Research Group


Current publication name: P.U.P.A. Gilbert
Former publication name: Gelsomina De Stasio


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Supported by DOE, NSF, and BSF.

Professor of Physics
Professor of Chemistry (0%)
Email: pupa@physics.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-5829
Fax: (608) 262-3077

Awards

Where I come from

Published by Elsevier-Academic Press, Amsterdam, January 2008.
Physics Today review
Chinese edition published in 2011 by Tsinghua University Press, translated by Kecheng Qin
Revised and improved edition in English published 2011, ISBN 9780123918789




Research Interests: biomineralization, cancer therapy, protein misfolding and aggregation

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Five most relevant recent publications:

  1. P.U.P.A. Gilbert, R. A. Metzler, D. Zhou, A. Scholl, A. Doran, A. Young, M. Kunz, N. Tamura, S. N. Coppersmith.
    Gradual Ordering in Red Abalone Nacre.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 17519-17527 (2008).
  2. Y. Politi, R. A. Metzler, M. Abrecht, B. Gilbert, F. Wilt, I. Sagi, L. Addadi, S. Weiner, and P.U.P.A. Gilbert.
    Mechanism of transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite in the sea urchin larval spicule.
    Procs. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 17362-17366 (2008).
  3. R. A. Metzler, M. Abrecht, R. M. Olabisi, D. Ariosa, C. J. Johnson, B. H. Frazer, S. N. Coppersmith, P.U.P.A. Gilbert.
    Columnar Nacre Architecture and Possible Formation Mechanism.
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 268102-1/4 (2007).
    Also featured in Science 317, 175 (2007).
  4. C. S. Chan*, G. De Stasio*, S. A. Welch, M. Girasole, B. H. Frazer, M. Nesterova, S. Fakra, J. F. Banfield.
    Microbial polysaccharides template assembly of nanocrystal fibers.
    Science 303, 1656-1658 (2004).
  5. M. Labrenz, G. K. Druschel, T. Thomsen-Ebert, B. Gilbert, S. A. Welch, K. M. Kemner, G. A. Logan, R. E. Summons, G. De Stasio, P. L. Bond, B. Lai, S. D. Kelly, J. F. Banfield.
    Sphalerite (ZnS) deposits forming in natural biofilms of sulfate-reducing bacteria.
    Science 290, 1744-47 (2000).