Nate HeplerNateHepler
Technical Advisor
Nathan Hepler, Ph.D. is a technical advisor in the Litigation practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Dr. Hepler earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Lebanon Valley College in 2013 and completed his Ph.D. in Plant Biology at The Pennsylvania State University in 2019. Prior to entering graduate school, he completed a post-baccalaureate appointment at the National Institutes of Health. He joins Paul Hastings following a postdoctoral appointment at The Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Hepler’s research experience includes a broad range of biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, bioinformatics, and genetics. He has co-authored multiple scientific publications, grants, and fellowships. Dr. Hepler has also presented his research at several national conferences.
The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D., 2019
Lebanon Valley College, B.S., 2013
"Directed in vitro evolution of bacterial expansin BsEXLX1 for higher cellulose binding and its consequences for plant cell wall-loosening activities," FEBS Letters, 59218):
2545 – 2555
"Expansin loss is a common occurrence during adaptation to an aquatic environment," The Plant Journal, 101(3): 666-680, Co-author
2020
"Genome engineering in Bacillus anthracis using tyrosine site-specific recombinases," PLoS On, 22(8):e0183346, Co-author
2017
"Measuring the Biomechanical Loosening Action of Bacterial Expansins on Paper and Plant Cell Walls," Methods Mol Biol, 1588:157-165, Co-author
2017
"Selaginella moellendorffii has a reduced and highly conserved expansin superfamily with genes more closely related to angiosperms than to bryophytes," BMC Plant Biol, 13:4, Co-author
2013