2012 Research Advisors
Organic Division

Professor	Research Topics	Undergraduates Enrolled in Chemistry 49900
Jean Chmielewski^* (chml@purdue.edu)	I. Design and Synthesis of Anthrax Anti-Toxins II. Development of Drug Delivery Agents to Cells Research Overview	Melanie Johnston Leslie Rank
Mingji Dai (mjdai@purdue.edu)
Phil Fuchs (pfuchs@purdue.edu)		Samuel Egel
Arun Ghosh (akghosh@purdue.edu)		Brittney Mann Song Lee
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
Chengde Mao (mao@purdue.edu)	Functional DNA Nanotechnology
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
Kavita Shah (kavita.shah.1@purdue.edu)	Drug Discovery in Cancer and Alzheimer	Tyler King Molly Marshall Timothy Zhu
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
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

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

Updated 8/24/12