Margaret "Molly" Carpenter

Research Interests

Antibody mediated immunity; B cell biology; protein interactions

Education

• BS, Chemistry, Sewanee 2009
• PhD, Chemistry, Dartmouth 2014

Awards

• HVTN Bonnie Mathieson Young Investigator Award, 2023
• Guarini Teaching Award, 2015 

Selected Publications

• Carpenter MC, Shrestha S, Bharadwaj P, Concetta C, Sharma S, Weiner JA, de Haan N, Pongracz T, Le Moine A, Holovska V. (2025) "Functional and phenotypic profiles of HLA-specific antibodies in relation to antibody-mediated kidney transplant rejection." Human Immunology. 86(2): 111247
• Carpenter MC, Souter SC, Zipkin RJ, Ackerman ME. (2024) "Current insights into K-associated fetal anemia and potential treatment strategies for sensitized pregnancies." Transfusion Medicine Reviews. 38(1): 150779
• Xu S, Carpenter MC, Spreng RL, Neidich SD, Sarkar S, Tenney D, Goodman D, Sawant S, Jha S, Dunn B. (2022) "Impact of adjuvants on the biophysical and functional characteristics of HIV vaccine-elicited antibodies in humans." npj Vaccines. 7(1): 90
• Carter KP*, Carpenter MC, Fiedler B, Jimenez R, Palmer AE. (2017) "Critical comparison of FRET-sensor functionality in the cytosol and endoplasmic reticulum and implications for quantification of ions." Analytical Chemistry. 89(17): 9601–9608
• Carpenter MC, Lo MN, Palmer AE. (2016) "Techniques for measuring cellular zinc." Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 611: 20–29