About Me

Virginia is a PhD candidate in Chemical and Biological Engineering coadvised by Jerelle Joseph and José Avalos. who received an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at Columbia University in 2021. Prior to starting at Princeton, Virginia worked as a scientific associate in drug discovery at D.E. Shaw Research. They are interested in modeling biomolecular condensates to modulate reaction rates for metabolic engineering. Outside of lab, Virginia enjoys hiking, trying new food, and crafting toys for cats.

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Interests
  • Protein and Metabolic Engineering
  • Biomolecular Condensates
  • Molecular Simulation
Education

  • PhD Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Princeton University

  • BS Chemical Engineering

    Columbia University

📚 My Research

I’m a PhD student at Princeton University! I’m interested in understanding what drives protein structure (or lack thereof!) and how that impacts enzyme activity.

I use a range of in silico, in vitro, and in vivo techniques to explore engineering biological systems.

Please reach out to collaborate 😃

Featured Publications
Maltodextrin Transport in the Extremely Thermophilic, Lignocellulose Degrading Bacterium Anaerocellum bescii
Computational structure prediction provides a plausible mechanism for electron transfer by the outer membrane protein Cyc2 from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Recent Publications
Hansen Tjo, Virginia Jiang, Jerelle Joseph, Jonathan Conway (2024). Maltodextrin Transport in the Extremely Thermophilic, Lignocellulose Degrading Bacterium Anaerocellum bescii.
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Heejung Jung, Virginia Jiang, Zihang Su, Farid Khoury, Yuta Inaba, Scott Banta (2023). Overexpression of a Designed Mutant Oxyanion Binding Protein ModA/WtpA in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans for the Low pH Recovery of Molybdenum and Rhenium. JACS AU.
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Virginia Jiang, Sagar Khare, Scott Banta (2021). Computational structure prediction provides a plausible mechanism for electron transfer by the outer membrane protein Cyc2 from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Protein Science.
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Erika Arvey, Bradley Biggs, Laura Guerrero, Virginia Jiang, Keith Tyo (2021). Engineering Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 for mevalonate production from lignin-derived aromatic compounds. Metabolic Engineering Communications.
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