Kojo Mensa-Wilmont
Associate Professor
607 Bioscience Building
(706) 542-3355
mensawil@cb.uga.edu

Education:  Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University

Current Research Interests:  The biochemistry and molecular genetics of the parasites that cause trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world

Courses Taught:  Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry of Parasites

Selected Publications:

“Tetramerization of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Specific-Phospholipase C from Trypanosoma brucei”. with D.A.Armah .Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275, pp. 19334-42.

“Roles of Free GPIs in Amastigotes of Leishmania”. with N. Garg, B.D. McGwire, H.G. Lu, L. Zhong, D.A. Armah, J.H. Le Bowitz, & K.P. Chang.  Molecular Biochemical Parasitology, 99, pp. 130-116.

Regional Interests:  West Africa