Listed below are faculty members from the Ohio University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Any of them would be delighted to come to your institution and present a seminar on their research. They would also be happy to discuss the benefits and advantages of graduate study in our department. Please feel free to e-mail or phone our faculty directly to set up a possible seminar.

 Dr. Stephen C. Bergmeier , (740) 517-8462
bergmeis@ohio.edu

• Aziridines, Allylsilanes and Nicotinic Antagonists. From Synthetic Organic Chemistry to Medicinal Chemistry

 Dr. Jack Blazyk , (740) 593-1742
jblazyk1@ohio.edu

 Dr. Kenneth L. Brown , (740) 517-8465
brownk3@ohio.edu

• The Binding of Vitamin B12 to Haptocorrin: The Highest Protein-Ligand Binding Constant Yet Measured

• Solvent Cage Effects in the Making and Breaking of Carbon-Cobalt Bonds

• Enzymatic Activation of Coenzyme B12 for Carbon-Cobalt Bond Homolysis

 Dr. Jared Butcher , (740) 517-8463
jbutcher1@ohio.edu

• Alkali Fusion and Plastic Recycling

 Dr. Howard Dewald , (740) 517-8455
hdewald1@ohio.edu

• Voltammetric and Potentiometric Stripping of Lead in Blood

• Electrochemical Chaos

• Thin-layer Chromatography - Anodic Stripping Voltammetry

 Dr. Karen Eichstadt , (740) 517-8464
keichstad1@ohio.edu

• Exploring Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Chemistry

• Interactive Videodisc Chemistry (will bring videodisc and hardware, monitor required)

• A Demonstration of Student Microscale Participation in a Lecture Hall

 Dr. Peter de B. Harrington , (740) 517-8458
Peter.Harrington@ohio.edu

• Chemometrics: New Tools for Solving Old Problems

• Making the Connection: Between Neural Networks and Chemistry

• Development of Smart Ion Mobility Spectrometers

 Dr. Jennifer V. Hines , (740) 517-8482
hinesj@ohio.edu

• RNA: Diagnostic Tool and Therapeutic Target

 Dr. David Hendricker, (740) 517-8566
dhendrick1@ohio.edu

• A Postage Stamp View of Chemistry and Allied Sciences

• Metal Complexes of Functionalized Polystyrene

 Dr. Peter Johnson , (740) 593-1744
johnsonp@ohio.edu

• Toxic Effects of Ethanol on Neurons and Other Cell Types

• Hypertension and Antioxidant Metabolism

 Dr. Marcia J. Kieliszewski , (740) 517-8485
mkielisze@ohio.edu

• Hydroxyproline-Rich Structural Glycoproteins of Plants - Repetitive Motifs, Functional Sites, and Post-Translational Codes

 Dr. Mark McMills , (740) 517-8493
mmcmills1@ohio.edu

• Approaches to the Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products

• Modern Trends in Organic Synthesis: The Synthesis of Alkaloid and Terpene Products Utilizing Tandem Carbene Reactions

• The Ingenane Diterpenes: Novel Applications of Synthetic Chemistry to Problems in Molecular Pharmacology and Molecular Biology

 Dr. Hugh Richardson , (740) 517-8488
richardh@ohio.edu

• Catalytic Surfaces: How and Why They Work

• Infrared Spectroscopy of Small Molecules Adsorbed on Surfaces

• Infrared Linear Array Spectroscopy: A New Method to Study Molecular Dynamics

 Dr. Martin Tuck , (740) 517-8481
mtuck@ohio.edu

• Biological Function of Cytochrome c Methylation in Yeast

• A Day in the Life of a Biochemist: Formation of 6-Methyladenine Residues in Eucaryotic Messenger RNA

 Dr. Greg Van Patten , (740) 517-8479
vanpatt@helios.phy.ohiou.edu

• Architectures and Applications of Photoactive Thin Films

• Beating the Diffraction Limit in Biomedical Microimaging