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Associate in Biochemistry and Biophysics
B.S. SUC at Brockport 1971

	Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (epr) research and instrumentation. Development of microwave apparatus, x-ray generators, helium temperature dewar assemblies and high vacuum equipment to enable epr sample characteristics to be measured at various temperatures and at both x-band frequencies (10 GHz) and at Q-band frequencies (35 GHz).

	Recent Publications
	Mroczka NE, Mercer KR, Bernhard WA (1997) The effects of lattice water on free radical yields in x-irradiated crystalline pyrimidines and purines: a low-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance investigation. Radiat. Res., 147:560-568 Krzyminiewski R, Bernhard WA, Mercer KR (1995) Conversion of free radicals upon annealing of X-irradiated single crystal of cholest-4-en-3-one. Radiat. Phys. Chem., 45:883-888 Bernhard WA, Barnes J, Mercer KR, Mroczka NE (1994) The influence of packing on free radical yields in crystalline nucleic acids: the pyrimidine bases. Radiat. Res., 140:199-214

	Lab Affiliation see Bernhard Lab page


	Contact Information E-Mail: Kermit_Mercer@urmc.rochester.edu Kermit Mercer Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 712 Rochester, New York 14642 Office: Medical Center B-6821 Telephone: (585) 275-4249; Fax: (585) 275-6007