Chemistry Department Research Areas
Analytical Chemistry
Dr. Alan Bandy Analytical chemistry of industrial gases.
Determination of true impurities in reagent gases used in the
semiconductor industry. Emphasis on high tech methods
such as Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometry.
Dr.
Joe Foley
Separation
science, especially the fundamentals and biomedical/pharmaceutical applications
of the following voltage- or pressure-driven separation techniques: capillary
electrophoresis, electrokinetic chromatography, capillary electrochromatography,
and micellar liquid chromatography. Within
these techniques, we explore novel separation modes and surfactant aggregate
pseudophases (micelles, vesicles, microemulsions); chiral separations; and
physicochemical measurements.
Dr. Kevin Owens Mass spectrometry research, including
the development of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)
time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) techniques for use with biological and
synthetic polymer systems, and the development of chemometric techniques for
improved data analysis.
Atmospheric
Chemistry
Dr. Alan Bandy Chemistry
of sulfur in the atmosphere and its implications for global environment and
climate.
BioInorganic Chemistry
Dr.
Anthony Addison Design and synthesis of novel biomimetic and
oligonuclear chelates of copper, nickel, iron and vanadium. Their
interpretation by magnetochemical, electrochemical and spectroscopic methods,
including electron spin resonance. CD and ESR spectroscopy and kinetics for
elucidation of molecular architecture of derivatives (including NO) of
oxygen-binding and electron-transfer heme- and non-heme iron metalloproteins of
vertebrate and invertebrate origins.
Chemical Education
Dr. Daniel King Development of
inquiry-based labs for general and physical chemistry and incorporation of
environmental data into lecture modules for general, physical and environmental
chemistry.
Dr.
Sally Solomon
Materials Chemistry
Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley The use of electric fields to toposelectively (site-selectively) modify
isolated structures and colloidal materials, with a special interest in nanotechnological applications. Knowledge
management of systems with an inherently dynamic relationship architecture, with a special interest in discovery-driven
scientific research.
Dr. Lynn S. Penn Construction of complex and controlled polymer brushes for functional surfaces;
experimental study of diffusion into polymer brushes and comparison with theoretical predictions; surface and interface
chemistry, including wetting and adhesion; real-time monitoring and quantitative analysis of chemical reactions and
adsorption on surfaces.
Dr. Yen Wei
Dr. Karl Sohlberg
Organic Chemistry
Dr. Robert Hutchins Development of new, selective synthetic methodologies including asymmetric
synthesis (diastereoselective and enantioselective), especially directed toward amine derivatives; use of
phosphorus chemistry in synthetic protocols; stereochemistry and conformational analysis of heterocyclic systems.
Dr. Peter Wade Our
work focuses on three main areas: 1) exploration of a newly discovered
[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement in which O-allyl nitronic esters are thermally
converted to g,d-unsaturated nitro compounds; 2)
development and exploitation of a carbon-based hemiacetal mimic; and 3)
exploration of cycloaddition reactions involving nitroethylene derivatives and
novel nitrile oxides.
Physical Chemistry
Dr.
Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner Vibrational
Spectroscopy, with an emphasis on Raman and resonance Raman spectroscopy;
structure analysis of peptides in solution; understanding the coil state of
peptides and proteins; protein folding of Heme proteins (cytochrome c,
myoglobin, horseradish peroxidase), particularly the relationship between
heme-protein interactions and function; theoretical modeling of ligand-receptor
interactions and transmembrane signaling in mast cells.
Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Dr. Carey Rosenthal
Dr. Karl
Sohlberg Theoretical and Computational Physical and
Materials Chemistry, including first principles studies of: catalytic
materials, kinetics and thermodynamics of hydrogen in catalytic materials, and
surfaces of heterogeneous catalysts. Development of theoretical models for both
electrical and mechanical molecular devices.
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