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2012 Research Advisors Alphabetical Listing

 

Professor Research Topics Current Undergraduates Enrolled in Chemistry 49900
Mahdi Abu-Omar

(mabuomar@purdue.edu)

Catalysts, Agents of Change, for Making Renewable Fuels Junghyuk Lee
Soon C. Kwan
Kyle Wagner
Dor Ben-Amotz*

(bendor@purdue.edu)

I. Hydration Shell Vibrational Spectroscopy

II. Comprehensive Detection Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging

III. Computer Simulation Theory

Christopher Deshaw
Sang Yun Park
Joseph Thomaz
Minou Bina*

(bina@purdue.edu)

I. Codes in Human DNA

II. Organization of Human Transcription Factor Genes

Chris Gilles
George M. Bodner*

(gmbodner@purdue.edu)

Web-Based Instruction in Chemistry Stewart Bailey
Richard Robertson
Ji-Xin Cheng

(jcheng@purdue.edu)

I. Biological Imaging With Advanced Optical Microscopy

II. Nanophotonics and Nanomedicine

 
Jean Chmielewski*

(chml@purdue.edu)

I. Design and Synthesis of Anthrax Anti-Toxins

II. Development of Drug Delivery Agents to Cells

Melanie Johnston
Leslie Rank
R. Graham Cooks*

(cooks@purdue.edu)

I. Miniature Mass Spectrometers

II. Physical Organic Chemistry in the Gas Phase

Benjamin Andrews
Morgan Lundstrom
Mingji Dai

(mjdai@purdue.edu)

   
Chittaranjan Das

(cdas@purdue.edu)

Protein Structure Determination by X-Ray Diffraction Andrew Bernier
Brian Dian

(dianb@purdue.edu)

   
Joe Francisco

(jfrancis@purdue.edu)

  Laura Dubnicka
Phil Fuchs

(pfuchs@purdue.edu)

  Samuel Egel
Arun Ghosh

(akghosh@purdue.edu)

  Brittney Mann
Song Lee
Christine Hrycyna*

(hrycyna@purdue.edu)

Molecular Targets for Cancer Therapeutics Elizabeth Dobben
Amanda McIntire
Sabre Kais*

(kais@purdue.edu)

I. Electronic Structure of Atoms & Molecules

II. Quantum Phase Transitions

III. Pivot Methods for Global Optimization

Ashley Schreder
Hilkka Kenttamaa

(hilkka@purdue.edu)

I. Studies of Organic Biradicals

II. Mass Spectrometry

III. Biofuels

Adam Cismesia
Sara Kim
Mark Lipton*

(lipton@purdue.edu)

Synthesis of Novel Anti-Bacterials  
Philip S. Low*

(plow@purdue.edu)

 

I. Evaluation of Therapies for Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases in Animal Models

II. Characterization of the Human Red Cell Membrane

Deepika Agarwal
Alex Eads
Jordan Elliot
Zach Heet
Youghoon Hong
Brent Scamihorn
Carrie Myers
Meixin Wu
Chengde Mao

(mao@purdue.edu)

Functional DNA Nanotechnology  
Scott A. McLuckey

(mcluckey@purdue.edu)

I. Chemistry of Isolated Polymer Ions

II. Bio-Ion Chemistry

 
David R. McMillin

(mcmillin@purdue.edu)

I. DNA Binding Agents

II. Porphyrin Chemistry

Sarah Fox
Yana Lyon
Nick Settineri
Greg Michalski

(gmichalski@purdue.edu)

I. Environmental Chemistry; Air Pollution & Water Pollution

II. Analytical Chemistry; Mass Spectrometry

Nicholas Claypool
Michelle Kolanowski
Brian Price
Noah Qu
P. V. Ramachandran

(chandran@purdue.edu)

I. Discovery of Novel Organic Reaction Methodologies

II. Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules

III. Materials for Alternate Energy

Cassidy Creemer
Arlie Lehmuhler
Jennifer March
Tong Ren*

(tren@purdue.edu)

I. Molecular Wires and Molecular Devices

II. Inorganic Dendrimers and Polymers for Photovoltaics

Tara Abraham
Kyle Hart
Greta Jakstonyte
Kavita Shah

(kavita.shah.1@purdue.edu)

Drug Discovery in Cancer and Alzheimer Tyler King
Molly Marshall
Timothy Zhu
 
Paul Shepson*

(pshepson@purdue.edu)

I. Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Emission in Indianapolis

II. Laboratory Studies of Photochemistry of Biogenic Hydrocarbons

Cyrus Baker
Eric Boone
Garth Simpson

(gsimpson@purdue.edu)

Non-Linear Optics Richard Closser
Nikolai R. Skrynnikov

(nikolai@purdue.edu)

Computer Modeling of Proteins in Conjunction with NMR Characterization Nathan Benjamin
Lyudmila Slipchenko

(lslipchenko@purdue.edu)

I. Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions at Molecular Scale

II. Electronic Structure Calculations of Photosynthetic Proteins

Sung Min Hong
Linda Swihart*

(swihart@purdue.edu)

Profiled, Interactive & Secure Lab Safety Training on the Web  
W. Andy Tao

(watao@purdue.edu)

I. Nanopolymers for Functional Proteomics

II. Biological Mass Spectrometry

 
David H. Thompson*

(davethom@purdue.edu)

I. 2D Protein Crystallization

II. Triggerable Drug Delivery: Kinetic Studies

III. Supported Membrane Biosensors

Patrick Albertus
Amber Enyart
Jacob Hyatte
Gabe Magallanes
Cory Powers
Kelsey Stoll
Johnny Tam
Alex Vlahu
Wandi Zhang
Adam Wasserman

(awasser@purdue.edu)

I. Surprising Dipole Moments of Heteronuclear Diatomics

II. Quantum Chemistry In One Dimension

Zachary McCormack
Gabriela C. Weaver

(gweaver@purdue.edu)

Developing and Assessing Instructional Technologies and Other Novel Educational Techniques, Including New Experiments Rebecca Pritchard
Andrew Stuffle
Alex Wei

(alexwei@purdue.edu)

Synthesis of Ligands for Anti-Bacterial Adhesion Yanyi Chen
Kaleb Mathieu
Paul G. Wenthold

(pgw@purdue.edu)

Investigation of the Properties of Small Metal Oxide Anions Emily Welles
Jonathan J. Wilker

(wilker@purdue.edu)

Characterization Synthetic Polymeric Mimics and Applications

 

Mary Wirth

(mwirth@purdue.edu)

  Dean Anderson
Ryan Farrell
Yang Liu
Kurtis Sluss
Yu Xia

(yxia@purdue.edu)

I. Biomolecules Ion/Radical Reactions

II. Structural Analysis of Glycans via Mass Spec.

 
Timothy S. Zwier*

(zwier@purdue.edu)

I. Laser Spectroscopy of Combustion Intermediates

II. Laser Photochemistry of Relevance to Planetary Atmospheres

III. Laser Spectroscopy of Biologically Relevant Neutrals and Ions

Rachel Clayton
Polina Navotnaya
Alex Parobek

*These faculty members are willing to take students in other majors such as math or computer science.

Updated 8/24/12