Analytical Chemistry
Purdue University’s analytical chemistry program is the top graduate program in the United States. With 16 faculty members and more than 100 graduate students, our program is one of the largest in the world. Analytical Chemistry at Purdue has a strong emphases on mass spectrometry (Cooks, Kenttämaa, A. Laskin, J. Laskin, McLuckey, Tao); NMR spectroscopy (Yang); structural biology (Drown, Metskas, Yang); environmental chemistry (A. Laskin, Michalski); soft matter and nanostructures (Claridge, Mao); optical spectroscopy and microscopy (Metskas, Simpson, Zhang); machine learning and immunology (Chopra); electrochemistry (Dick); chemical imaging (Claridge, Dick, A. Laskin, J. Laskin, Metskas, Simpson, Zhang)
Our Faculty
Graham Cooks
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- Synthesis by mass spectrometry
- Accelerated reactions
- High throughput bioassays
Bryon Drown
- Protein mass spectrometry
- Chemical proteomics
- Protein-drug interactions
Jeffrey Dick
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- Accelerated Reactions
- Single Cell Metabolomics using Nanoelectrochemistry
- Nanomaterial Synthesis & Characterization
Hilkka Kenttämaa
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- Mass spectrometry
- Analysis of complex mixtures
- Structural characterization of polyfunctional organic compounds
Alex Laskin
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- Chemistry of atmospheric aerosols
- Multi-modal characterization of complex mixtures
- Environmental chemistry
Scott McLuckey
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- Mass spectrometry
- Top-down biomolecule characterization
- Bio-complex analysis
Greg Michalski
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- Stable isotope geochemistry
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Nitrogen cycling in aquatic and soil systems
Andy Tao
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- Molecular signaling in cancer cells
- Identification of biomarkers for cancer and AD
- Chemical proteomics
Danzhou Yang
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- NMR spectroscopy
- Structure biology
- Cancer-specific DNA molecular targets
Chi Zhang
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- Optical microscopy/spectroscopy
- Opto-control
- Cell metabolism