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Undergraduate Research Projects

Professor Research Area Research Project
Asefa, Tewodros (Teddy)
Inorganic
Materials
 Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Targeted Delivery of Anticancer Drugs & Synthesis of high-surface area multifunctional nanoporous materials for catalysis and photocatalysis
Baum, Jean Biological Characterizing the Mechanism of Aggregation of Proteins that are Involved in Neurodegenerative Disease
Brennan, John Inorganic Synthesis and Characterization of Molecules with Fluorinated Selenolate Ligands and Preparation of New Materials for Solar Energy Applications
Case, David
Biological
Theory
 Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
Castner, Jr., Edward W.
Materials
Physical
 Physical and chemical properties of ionic liquids: novel materials for energy-related applications
Dismukes, Charles
Inorganic
Materials
Physical
 Renewable Energy, Bioenergy and Biofuel Applications
Ebright, Richard H. Biological Bacterial RNA Polymerase
Garfunkel, Eric L. Physical Nanoscience, Thin Films and Surfaces
Goldman, Alan
Inorganic
Organic
 Organometallic chemistry: Synthetic, mechanistic and/or computational
Greenblatt, Martha
Inorganic
Materials
 Synthesis and Characterization of New Inorganic Transition Metal Oxides
Herzog, Greg
Inorganic
Physical
 Measuring the Ages of Meteorite Grains
Hinch, Jane
Materials
Physical
 Simulate Ion Trajectories in a New Mass Spectrometer Design
Hultzsch, Kai
Inorganic
Organic
 Development of Catalysts for Atom-Efficient Reactions
Jimenez, Leslie Organic Synthesis of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine in three steps from 4,6-diamino-2-mercaptopyrimidine
Knapp, Spencer Organic Organic Synthesis and New Drug Delivery Systems
Krogh-Jespersen, Karsten Theory Computational investigations of molecular electronic structure
Lee, Jeehiun Katherine
Biological
Organic
Physical
Theory
 Bioorganic and Organic Reactivity
Lee, Ki-Bum
Biological
Inorganic
Physical
 Develop Nanomaterial-based Approaches to Control and Modulate Cellular Behaviors of Stem and Cancer Cells
Li, Jing
Inorganic
Materials
 Synthesis Characterization of New Materials for Energy Related Applications
Marcotrigiano, Joseph
Biological
Physical
 Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
O’Carroll, Deirdre
Inorganic
Materials
Physical
 Surface Plasmon Amplification using High-Gain Organic Semiconductors
Olson, Wilma K.
Biological
Theory
 Genetic Information Encoded in DNA
Romsted, Laurence S. Organic Non-Covalent Intermolecular Interactions that Control the Self-Assembly of Surfactant Molecules
Taylor, John Organic Aggregated Insoluble Structures Called Beta Fibrils
Uhrich, Kathryn
Materials
Organic
 Novel Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Warmuth, Ralf Organic Multi-Component Assembly of Molecular Containers and Nanocapsules
Williams, Lawrence J. Organic New Methods and Strategies of Chemical Synthesis
York, Darrin M. Theory Develop and Apply Theoretical and Computational Methods to Study the Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms of RNA Molecules
Khare, Sagar D. Biological Computational Design of Novel Enzymes and Small Molecule Binding Proteins

Undergraduates with questions about chemical research should contact John Brennan.

Inorganic

Asefa, Tewodros (Teddy)
Brennan, John
Dismukes, Charles
Goldman, Alan
Greenblatt, Martha
Herzog, Greg
Hultzsch, Kai
Lee, Ki-Bum
Li, Jing
O’Carroll, Deirdre

Materials

Asefa, Tewodros (Teddy)
Castner, Jr., Edward W.
Dismukes, Charles
Greenblatt, Martha
Hinch, Jane
Li, Jing
O’Carroll, Deirdre
Uhrich, Kathryn

Organic

Goldman, Alan
Hultzsch, Kai
Jimenez, Leslie
Knapp, Spencer
Lee, Jeehiun Katherine
Romsted, Laurence S.
Taylor, John
Uhrich, Kathryn
Warmuth, Ralf
Williams, Lawrence J.

Physical

Castner, Jr., Edward W.
Dismukes, Charles
Garfunkel, Eric L.
Herzog, Greg
Hinch, Jane
Lee, Jeehiun Katherine
Lee, Ki-Bum
Marcotrigiano, Joseph
O’Carroll, Deirdre

Theory

Case, David
Krogh-Jespersen, Karsten
Lee, Jeehiun Katherine
Olson, Wilma K.
York, Darrin M.

Biological

Baum, Jean
Case, David
Ebright, Richard H.
Lee, Jeehiun Katherine
Lee, Ki-Bum
Marcotrigiano, Joseph
Olson, Wilma K.
Khare, Sagar D.

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