Meet Dr. Reiter

Dr. Nicholas (Nick) Reiter received his B.A. in chemistry from Carleton College, and subsequently performed biochemistry research at the Mayo Clinic (MN). As a graduate student (2001-2006), he was introduced to the RNA world and applied NMR spectroscopy and biophysical methods to understand components involved in the assembly and activation of the spliceosome under the direction of Professor Sam Butcher. He was an NIH post-doctoral fellow (2007-2011) in Professor Alfonso Mondragon’s laboratory at Northwestern University and developed a strong interest in elucidating the tertiary structure of large catalytic RNAs using x-ray crystallography. In 2012, Dr. Reiter joined the faculty at Vanderbilt where he began his NIH funded research program to understand the mechanisms of RNA-chromatin-remodeling enzyme interactions. He joined Marquette in the fall of 2017 and his primary interests are in the area of RNA-protein structure and function.