{"id":8047,"date":"2023-11-03T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/chemistry\/?page_id=8047"},"modified":"2025-04-28T09:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:04:31","slug":"chi-h-mak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty\/chi-h-mak\/","title":{"rendered":"Chi H. Mak\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"margin-top: -50px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7241 size-medium\" src=\"\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2023\/11\/usc-chemistry-chi-mak-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Chi Mak\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" style=\"padding-bottom:30px;\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8395\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Professor of Chemistry<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Biochemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University<br \/>\nB.S., 1984, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n<p><em>Office:<\/em>  SSC 704<br \/>\n<em>Phone:<\/em> (213) 740-4101<br \/>\n<em>Email:<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:cmak@usc.edu\">cmak@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"margin-top: -70px; font-family: Source Sans Pro, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<strong>Research Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our group is focused on formulating rigorous theories and efficient computational strategies to understand the fundamental driving forces that dictate how nucleic acids fold and unfold, and the aberrant functions that result when they misfold.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fc0; text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px 15px 15px; width: 150px; margin-top: 15px;\"><strong><a style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/uscrna.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Group Website<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"parent":7240,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8047","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chi H. 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