Joshua Wofford
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department(s)
College of Science and Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science (BS), ChemistryCredentials
Doctorate of Philosophy, Chemistry, Texas A&M University (2018)
Bachelor's of Science, Chemistry, University of North Texas (2013)
Bachelor's of Science, Physics, University of North Texas (2013)
About Joshua Wofford
Dr. Wofford has served at Charleston Southern University since fall 2018 and is an associate professor in the chemistry department. Dr. Wofford engages in research to understand the kinetics and regulation of metal trafficking in S. cerevisiae with applications to human health and disease and has published multiple high-impact papers in this research. This research takes an experimental and computational approach that combines the two methods into mathematical models that will hopefully become tools to help other researchers in the field.
Dr. Wofford is married to Dr. Elizabeth Wofford of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and they have two children and quite a few pets running around the house
"I find purpose in equipping our students for careers that will enrich them and bring glory to God. I do my best not only to teach, but to encourage. I love CSU because we get to know our students and come along side them as they live their lives and study hard."
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
Delanoy G., Lupardus C., Vali W.S., Wofford J.D., Thorat S., Lindahl, P.A. (2024) Mössbauer and EPR detection of iron trafficking kinetics and possibly labile iron pools in whole Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024; 300
Fernandez S, Wofford JD, Shepherd RE, Vali SW, Dancis A, Lindahl PA. Yeast cells depleted of the frataxin homolog Yfh1 redistribute cellular iron: Studies using Mössbauer spectroscopy and mathematical modeling. J Biol Chem. 2022 Jun;298(6):101921. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101921. Epub 2022 Apr 10. PMID: 35413285; PMCID: PMC9130540.
Wofford, J. D., Bolaji, N., Dziuba, N., Outten, F. W., & Lindahl, P. A. (2019). Evidence that a respiratory shield in Escherichia coli protects a low-molecular-mass Fe II pool from O 2 -dependent oxidation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294, 50–62. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA118.005233
Wofford, J. D., & Lindahl, P. A. (2019). A mathematical model of iron import and trafficking in wild-type and Mrs3/4ΔΔ yeast cells. BMC Systems Biology, 13(1), 13:23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12918-019-0702-2