2012 Research Advisors
Biochemistry Division

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
Minou Bina* (bina@purdue.edu)	I. Codes in Human DNA II. Organization of Human Transcription Factor Genes	Christopher Deshaw Sang Yun Park Joseph Thomaz
Chittaranjan Das (cdas@purdue.edu)	Protein Structure Determination by X-Ray Diffraction	Andrew Bernier
Christine Hrycyna (hrycyna@purdue.edu)	Molecular Targets for Cancer Therapeutics	Elizabeth Dobben Amanda McIntire
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
Kavita Shah (kavita.shah.1@purdue.edu)	Drug Discovery in Cancer and Alzheimer	Tyler King Molly Marshall Timothy Zhu
Nikolai R. Skrynnikov (nikolai@purdue.edu)	Computer Modeling of Proteins in Conjunction with NMR Characterization	Nathan Benjamin
Jonathan J. Wilker (wilker@purdue.edu)	Characterization Synthetic Polymeric Mimics and Applications

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

Updated 8/24/12