Mauro Tiso

Background

Dr. Tiso earned his M.S. in Chemistry at the University of Padova, Italy in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Clinical Bioanalytical Chemistry at the Cleveland State University, Ohio in 2006.  He thesis project focused on nitric-oxide synthase enzymes at the Cleveland Clinic Learner Research Center. As a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Dr. Tiso acquired a broad experience in biochemistry research and taught “Biochemistry in Health and Diseases” and “Introduction to Molecular Medicine” at the Foundation for Advanced Education in Sciences (FAES) Graduate School in Bethesda, MD.  Dr. Tiso has been a Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Chemistry Department of American University since September 2015.

Teaching Interests

In addition to the classic lecturing method, in his classes Dr. Tiso shares his passion and enthusiasm for the natural sciences and strives to use a problem-based learning methodology to engage students in solving real-world problems or answering complex questions. He values students’ individual backgrounds and experiences, encourages them to work together and learn from each other and stimulates students to teach back to the class using group exercises and class discussions.

Research Interests

Dr. Tiso research interests are the molecular pathways governing the link between dietary nitrate metabolism, the microbiome and human health, in particular the reactions of nitrate and nitrite with globin hemoproteins such as hemoglobin, myoglobin and neuroglobin to generate nitric oxide. Recently he is exploring the interactions and enzymatic properties of heme-human serum albumin complexes with nitrite.