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2009-2010 Research Advisors
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| Professor | Research Topics | Current Undergraduates Enrolled in Chemistry 49900 |
| Mahdi Abu-Omar | Catalysts, Agents of Change, for Making Renewable Fuels | Curt Bougher |
| Steven A. Adelman* | I. Theory of Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Liquids II. Theory of Irreversible Processes |
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| Dor Ben-Amotz* | I. Laser Raman Spectroscopy II. Liquid Computer Simulation & Theory |
Breanna Browder Matt Fay Sichen Li Debra McCaffrey Phil McClory |
| Minou Bina* | I. Codes in Human DNA II. Organization of Human Transcription Factor Genes |
Elise Novorolsky |
| George M. Bodner* | Web-Based Instruction in Chemistry | |
| Ji-Xin Cheng | I. Biological Imaging With Advanced Optical
Microscopy II. Nanophotonics and Nanomedicine |
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| Jean Chmielewski* | I. Design and Synthesis of Anthrax Anti-Toxins II. Development of Drug Delivery Agents to Cells |
Aaron Marshall |
| Kyoung-Shin Choi | Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials | |
| R. Graham Cooks* | I. Miniature Mass Spectrometers II. Physical Organic Chemistry in the Gas Phase |
Celine Bland |
| Chittaranjan Das | Kari Hall Holly Huseman Chad Morreale Star Rostankov |
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| Amy Davidson | Mechanisms of Transmembrane Transport | Ryan Carpenter Mallory Lay |
| Brian Dian | Brian McCormack Dan McMahon |
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| Joe Francisco | Daniel Beck Shakeel Dalal Huang Quoc Doan Phylindia Gant Simon Soliman Sarah Stelzleni Narin Tangprasertchai Siyuan Yang |
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| Phil Fuchs | ||
| Arun Ghosh | ||
| Christine Hrycyna* | Molecular Targets for Cancer Therapeutics | Dorothy Cupka Amanda Lines Joshua Nieher Kristina Thorsell |
| Albena Ivanisevic | I. Surface Chemistry of Retinal Tissues II. Nanoscale Patterning of Peptides on Semiconductor Surfaces |
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| Sabre Kais* | I. Electronic Structure of Atoms & Molecules II. Quantum Phase Transitions III. Pivot Methods for Global Optimization |
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| Hilkka Kenttamaa | I. Studies of Organic Biradicals II. Mass Spectrometry |
Shivani Daiya Dane De Sutter Ryan Eismin Andre Koop |
| Mark Lipton* | I. Synthesis of Urea-Based Peptidomimetics II. Conformational Analysis of Pseudopeptides |
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| Philip S. Low*
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I. Evaluation of Therapies for Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases in Animal Models II. Characterization of the Human Red Cell Membrane |
Vanessa Fabrizio Grace Kang Rebecca Sorber |
| Chengde Mao | Functional DNA Nanotechnology | Nicholas Reed Hsiang Su |
| Scott A. McLuckey | I. Chemistry of Isolated Polymer Ions II. Bio-Ion Chemistry |
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| David R. McMillin | I. DNA Binding Agents II. Porphyrin Chemistry |
C. Gianapoulous |
| Greg Michalski | I. Environmental Chemistry; Air Pollution & Water
Pollution II. Analytical Chemistry; Mass Spectrometry |
Christa Dahman Dan McMahon Andrew Shrum |
| Mary B. Nakhleh | Technology & Learning in Chemistry | |
| Ei-ichi Negishi | I. Organotransition Metal Chemistry for Organic Synthesis II. Catalysis With Metals III. Asymmetric Synthesis |
Nick Truex |
| Daniel Raftery* | I. Early Disease Detection II. Solar Powered Hydrogen Production III. Bioanalytical NMR |
Shelli Cone |
| P. V. Ramachandran | I. Discovery of Novel Organic Reaction Methodologies II. Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules III. Materials for Alternate Energy |
Susan Owens Sadie Smith Mark Tozzi Matthew Walters Mary Zellers |
| Fred E. Regnier | Elaheh Kamali | |
| Tong Ren* | I. Molecular Wires and Molecular Devices II. Inorganic Dendrimers and Polymers for Photovoltaics |
Alex Geanes |
| Sergey Savinov | I. Synthetic Methods Development in Peptide and
Peptidomimetic Research II. Chemical Biology of Cyclic Peptides III. Searching for Rare Properties with Genetic Selections |
Andrew Drahos |
| Kavita Shah | Kevin Bree Patrick Conley Elizabeth Roller Paul Warning |
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| Paul Shepson* | I. Development of Methods for Aircraft-Based Atmospheric Measurements II. Study of Snowflake Morphology and Chemical Composition III. Atmospheric Organic Nitrogen and Climate Change |
Jordan Elliot Arisa Iwasaki Benjamin Nault Tennie Renkens |
| Garth Simpson | Non-Linear Optics | Ryan Davis Nicholas Ingram Kevin Jacobs Tony Ren |
| Nikolai R. Skrynnikov | Nathan Benjamin | |
| Lyudmila Slipchenko | Alysia Lowe | |
| Linda Swihart* | Profiled, Interactive & Secure Lab Safety Training on the Web | |
| W. Andy Tao | I. Nanopolymers for Functional Proteomics II. Biological Mass Spectrometry |
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| David H. Thompson* | I. 2D Protein Crystallization II. Triggerable Drug Delivery: Kinetic Studies III. Supported Membrane Biosensors |
Andrew Buesking Michelle Glaunert Lauren Heavin Laura Marholz Luke Uhrig |
| Adam Wasserman | I. Surprising Dipole Moments of Heteronuclear
Diatomics II. Quantum Chemistry In One Dimension |
Erin Biddle |
| Gabriela C. Weaver | Developing and assessing instructional technologies and other novel educational techniques, including new experiments | Tanja Alavanja Darby Brignac Melanie Buchanan Brad Kim Elizabeth Nork |
| Alex Wei | I. Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy on
Nanoporous Gold II. Assembly of Dithiocarbamates on Nanoparticles III. Synthesis of Higher Monosaccharides from 4-deoxypentenosides |
Patrick Haller James Newton James Ryan |
| Paul G. Wenthold | Investigation of the Properties of Small Metal Oxide Anions | Paul Jones |
| Jonathan J. Wilker | I. Metal-Linked Nucleic Acid Drugs II. Preventing Cancer With Metals III. Adhesives from the Ocean |
Huang Chia Chang |
| Timothy S. Zwier* | I. Laser Spectroscopy of Combustion Intermediates II. Laser Photochemistry of Relevance to Planetary Atmospheres III. Laser Spectroscopy of Biologically Relevant Neutrals and Ions |
*These faculty members are willing to take students in other majors such as math or computer science.
Updated 3/4/09