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Megan Schulte

Megan Schulte

Postdoctoral Scholar
Mackiewicz Lab
Department of Chemistry
Megan Schulte

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Megan Schulte

Postdoctoral Scholar
Mackiewicz Lab
Department of Chemistry

Education

PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia, 2024, Chemical Engineering

BSc, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 2018, Chemical Engineering – Biochemical Engineering Emphasis

Publications

  • Schulte, M. C., Boll, A. C., Conomos, N. L., Rezaei, F., Barcellona, A. T., Schrum, A. G., & Ulery, B. D. (2025). Adjuvant Templating Improves On-Target/Off-Target Antibody Ratio Better than Linker Addition for M2-Derived Peptide Amphiphile Micelle Vaccines. Vaccines, 13(4), 422. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13040422
  • Schulte, M. C., Boll, A. C., Barcellona, A. T., Lopez, E. A., Schrum, A. G., & Ulery, B. D. (2025). Peptide Antigen Modifications Influence the On-Target and Off-Target Antibody Response for an Influenza Subunit Vaccine. Vaccines, 13(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13010051
  • Wang, X., Barcellona, A. T., Nowruzi, F., Brandt, K., Schulte, M. C., Kruse, L. E., Dong, E., Schrum. A. G., Yolcu, E. S., & Ulery, B. D. (2025). Vasoactive intestinal peptide amphiphile micelle material properties influence their cell association and internalization. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 10(7), 534-548. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4ME00167B
  • Schulte, M. C., Barcellona, A. T., Wang, X., Schrum, A. G., & Ulery, B. D. (2024). M2e-Derived Peptidyl and Peptide Amphiphile Micelles as Novel Influenza Vaccines. Pharmaceuticals, 17(11), 1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17111503
  • Smith, J. D., Cardwell, L. N., Porciani, D., Nolla, A., Cornelison, B. T., Schulte, M. C., Gallazzi, F., Burke, D. H., Daniels, M. A., & Ulery, B. D. (2020). Therapeutic peptide delivery via aptamer-displaying, disulfide-linked peptide amphiphile micelles. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 5(1), 269–283. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9me00092e

Awards

  • 2025 Outstanding Chemical Engineering PhD Student Award (2025)
  • Dean’s Excellence Graduate Fellowship (University of Missouri, 2019)
  • Missouri S&T Excellence Scholarship

Presentations

  • Schulte, M. C., Barcellona, A. T., Wang, X., Schrum, A. G., & Ulery, B. D. (2025). M2e Antigen-Containing Peptidyl and Peptide Amphiphile Micelles as Universal Influenza Vaccines. Poster presentation. European Peptide Synthesis Conference.
  • Schulte, M. C., Steele, A., Morafa, M., Anderson, P., Olson, R., & Ulery, B. D. (2022). Peptide Amphiphile Micelles as a Biomaterials Platform for Universal Influenza Vaccination. Oral presentation. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting.
  • Schulte, M. C., Smith, J. D., Cardwell, L. N., Porciani, D., Gallazzi, F., Burke, D. H., Daniels, M. A., & Ulery, B. D. (2020). Aptamer-Displaying Peptide Amphiphile Nanoparticles for Targeted Hematological Cancer Treatment. Virtual poster presentation. World Biomaterials Congress.
  • Schulte, M. C., & Calero, E. (2016). Kinetics and Reactor Performance of Liquid Phase Ethylene Production By Hydrogenation of Acetylene. Oral presentation. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting.