Caitlin Davis

Caitlin Davis is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Yale University, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry. Her research focuses on Biophysical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Chemical Biology. The Davis lab employs experiments across multiple scales, from in vitro to single cell to whole organism, to explore fundamental and applied problems at the intersection of chemistry, physics, and biology. A central theme of her work is the development of quantitative spectroscopic imaging techniques to study the relationship between function and dynamics in biological systems. Her research addresses kinetic questions requiring characterization in the complex, heterogeneous environment of the cell.

Caitlin Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Yale University, specializing in Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions, Protein Folding, and Vibrational Spectroscopy. Her research explores how cellular environments influence protein folding and binding, with a focus on solvation effects, electrostatic interactions, and the role of non-steric interactions in protein stability. Using techniques like infrared spectroscopy and temperature-jump methods, she investigates folding dynamics, subdomain behavior, and the impact of cellular conditions on protein structure and function. Her work also examines the interplay between lipid environments and protein folding, as well as the effects of small molecules on protein stability and folding landscapes.