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Khoa Pham

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Khoa Pham

Khoa Pham Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

khpham@barry.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, 2016
B.Sc. (cum laude) in Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, 2009

Biography

Area of Interest

Protein structure and function; protein–small-molecule interactions
Antibody development and characterization
Structural biology with an emphasis on X-ray crystallography
Mass spectrometry–based protein characterization
Biophysical and spectroscopic techniques
Computational chemistry and molecular dynamics simulations

Professional Appointments

Assistant Professor, Barry University, 2026 – present
Adjunct Professor, Barry University, August 2025 – December 2025
Adjunct Professor, Miami Dade College, May 2025 – December 2025
Scientist III, XBiotech USA Inc., Austin, TX, November 2021 – July 2025
Postdoctoral Scholar, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2019 – 2021
Postdoctoral Scholar, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 2016 – 2019

Courses

CHM 1025 – Introductory Chemistry
CHM 1033 – Chemistry for Health Sciences
CHM 1045 – General Chemistry I
CHM 1045L – General Chemistry I Laboratory
CHE/BIO 352 – Biochemistry I
CHE 352L – Biochemistry I Laboratory
CHE/BIO 353 – Biochemistry II
CHE 395/495 – Research in Biochemistry

Selected Publications

Z. Geeraerts, I. Ishigami, A. Lewis-Ballester, K. N. Pham, et al., Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 67(16), 14543–14552 (2024).
K. N. Pham, F. Fernandez-Lima, ACS Omega, 6(44), 29567–29576 (2021).
K. N. Pham, A. Lewis-Ballester, S.-R. Yeh, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 1836–1845 (2021).
K. N. Pham, Y. Mamun, F. Fernandez-Lima, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 4977–4986 (2021).
K. N. Pham, A. Lewis-Ballester, S.-R. Yeh, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(47), 18771–18779 (2019).
M. Winters, J. B. DuHadaway, K. N. Pham, et al., European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 162, 455–464 (2019).
K. N. Pham, S.-R. Yeh, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(44), 14538–14541 (2018).
A. Lewis-Ballester, K. N. Pham, et al., Nature Communications, 8, 1693 (2017).
K. Pham, J. Miksovska, FEBS Letters, 590(8), 1114–1122 (2016).
K. Pham, et al., Protein Science, 24, 741–775 (2015).

A complete list of publications is available via Google Scholar and ORCID
A complete list of protein structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank

Awards

Doctoral Dissertation Year Fellowship, Florida International University (2016).
Summer Research Award, NIH Biomedical Research Initiative (2014).
Poster Presentation (2nd Prize), Graduate Symposium, Miami, FL (2014).
Travel Award, South Florida Division, American Chemical Society (2013).
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Chemistry Award, FIU, (2010).
Poster Presentation (1st Prize), Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (2009).

Professional Memberships

Professional and Community Service

Judge, Broward Regional Science and Engineering Fair (2026)

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