Chemistry & Biochemistry Research
Faculty Research Areas in Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Analytical & Forensic Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery, Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Surface, Nano & Materials Chemistry
- Theoretical / Computational Chemistry, Chemometrics and Bioinformatics
- Renewable energy, Photochemistry & Catalysis
Other Areas of Specialization: Faculty also are involved in additional areas of research and innovation including Chemical Education. See the Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Directory.
Benjamin Bythell
Chemistry of useful destruction, metabolite characterization and quantitation by mass spectrometry and computational methods.
Jixin Chen
Biophysical chemistry / microscopy of biosensing platforms; Materials science / surface chemistry functionalizations; Algorithms in data analysis / simulations.
Katherine Cimatu
Surface, interfacial molecular studies of surfactants / polymers (self-assembly, adsorption, interfacial interactions) using laser spectroscopy/scanning probe microscopy.
Howard Dewald
Applied voltammetry in clinical, environmental and forensic chemistry; fundamental electrochemical studies in chaos and lithium ion batteries.
Peter de B. Harrington
Automated chemometrics and machine learning applied to developing intelligent chemical instrumentation. Application areas include forensic analysis, metabolomics, ontologies, bio-analysis, and drug and food safety.
Tadeusz Malinski
Nanomedicine and Nanosensors for cellular / subcellular analysis, early medical diagnosis and targeted therapy of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease.
Benjamin Bythell
Chemistry of useful destruction, metabolite characterization and quantitation by mass spectrometry and computational methods.
Jixin Chen
Biophysical chemistry / microscopy of biosensing platforms; Materials science / surface chemistry functionalizations; Algorithms in data analysis / simulations.
Michael Held
Plant cell walls as bioenergy feedstocks. Self-assembly and polymerization of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins. Regulation of wall biosynthesis by small RNAs.
Jennifer V. Hines
Development of RNA-targeted antibacterial/antiviral agents. Molecular/structural biology, molecular modeling/computational chemistry applied to drug discovery.
Justin M. Holub
Development of synthetic peptides to study and manipulate protein-protein interactions. Chemical biology, protein biochemistry, peptide chemistry, synthetic biologics.
Eric Masson
Design, synthesis, characterization and host-guest recognition of supramolecular architectures, with a focus on pumpkin-shaped Cucurbit[n]uril hosts and their extreme binding affinities in water.
Mark C. McMills
Organic synthesis of bioactive/medicinally important natural products; metallocarbenoid intermediates to form various types of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur ylides.
Shiyong Wu
Elucidating fundamental mechanisms in regulation of senescent and carcinogenic responses in mammalian skin cell/tissue after solar ultraviolet light exposure.
Stephen C. Bergmeier
New synthetic methods for the synthesis of heterocyclic rings, Medicinal chemistry: design and synthesis of novel anticancer agents and anti-infective therapies.
Michael Held
Plant cell walls as bioenergy feedstocks. Self-assembly and polymerization of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins. Regulation of wall biosynthesis by small RNAs.
Jennifer V. Hines
Development of RNA-targeted antibacterial/antiviral agents. Molecular/structural biology, molecular modeling/computational chemistry applied to drug discovery.
Justin M. Holub
Development of synthetic peptides to study and manipulate protein-protein interactions. Chemical biology, protein biochemistry, peptide chemistry, synthetic biologics.
Eric Masson
Design, synthesis, characterization and host-guest recognition of supramolecular architectures, with a focus on pumpkin-shaped Cucurbit[n]uril hosts and their extreme binding affinities in water.
Mark C. McMills
Organic synthesis of bioactive/medicinally important natural products; metallocarbenoid intermediates to form various types of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur ylides.
Shiyong Wu
Elucidating fundamental mechanisms in regulation of senescent and carcinogenic responses in mammalian skin cell/tissue after solar ultraviolet light exposure.
Michael P. Jensen
Transition metal coordination chemistry, complexes as active-site models for redox-active metalloenzymes that catalyze environmentally significant reactions
Eric Masson
Design, synthesis, characterization and host-guest recognition of supramolecular architectures, with a focus on pumpkin-shaped Cucurbit[n]uril hosts and their extreme binding affinities in water.
Stephen C. Bergmeier
New synthetic methods for the synthesis of heterocyclic rings, Medicinal chemistry: design and synthesis of novel anticancer agents and anti-infective therapies.
Jennifer V. Hines
Development of RNA-targeted antibacterial/antiviral agents. Molecular/structural biology, molecular modeling/computational chemistry applied to drug discovery.
Justin M. Holub
Development of synthetic peptides to study and manipulate protein-protein interactions. Chemical biology, protein biochemistry, peptide chemistry, synthetic biologics.
Eric Masson
Design, synthesis, characterization and host-guest recognition of supramolecular architectures, with a focus on pumpkin-shaped Cucurbit[n]uril hosts and their extreme binding affinities in water.
Mark C. McMills
Organic synthesis of bioactive/medicinally important natural products; metallocarbenoid intermediates to form various types of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur ylides.
Benjamin Bythell
Chemistry of useful destruction, metabolite characterization and quantitation by mass spectrometry and computational methods.
Jixin Chen
Biophysical chemistry / microscopy of biosensing platforms; Materials science / surface chemistry functionalizations; Algorithms in data analysis / simulations.
Katherine Cimatu
Surface, interfacial molecular studies of surfactants / polymers (self-assembly, adsorption, interfacial interactions) using laser spectroscopy/scanning probe microscopy.
Jixin Chen
Biophysical chemistry / microscopy of biosensing platforms; Materials science / surface chemistry functionalizations; Algorithms in data analysis / simulations.
Katherine Cimatu
Surface, interfacial molecular studies of surfactants / polymers (self-assembly, adsorption, interfacial interactions) using laser spectroscopy/scanning probe microscopy.
Michael Held
Plant cell walls as bioenergy feedstocks. Self-assembly and polymerization of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins. Regulation of wall biosynthesis by small RNAs.
Michael P. Jensen
Transition metal coordination chemistry, complexes as active-site models for redox-active metalloenzymes that catalyze environmentally significant reactions
Eric Masson
Design, synthesis, characterization and host-guest recognition of supramolecular architectures, with a focus on pumpkin-shaped Cucurbit[n]uril hosts and their extreme binding affinities in water.
Benjamin Bythell
Chemistry of useful destruction, metabolite characterization and quantitation by mass spectrometry and computational methods.
Jixin Chen
Biophysical chemistry / microscopy of biosensing platforms; Materials science / surface chemistry functionalizations; Algorithms in data analysis / simulations.
Katherine Cimatu
Surface, interfacial molecular studies of surfactants / polymers (self-assembly, adsorption, interfacial interactions) using laser spectroscopy/scanning probe microscopy.
Peter de B. Harrington
Automated chemometrics and machine learning applied to developing intelligent chemical instrumentation. Application areas include forensic analysis, metabolomics, ontologies, bio-analysis, and drug and food safety.
Jennifer V. Hines
Development of RNA-targeted antibacterial/antiviral agents. Molecular/structural biology, molecular modeling/computational chemistry applied to drug discovery.
Michael Held
Plant cell walls as bioenergy feedstocks. Self-assembly and polymerization of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins. Regulation of wall biosynthesis by small RNAs.
Michael P. Jensen
Transition metal coordination chemistry, complexes as active-site models for redox-active metalloenzymes that catalyze environmentally significant reactions
Eric Masson
Design, synthesis, characterization and host-guest recognition of supramolecular architectures, with a focus on pumpkin-shaped Cucurbit[n]uril hosts and their extreme binding affinities in water.
Jixin Chen
Biophysical chemistry / microscopy of biosensing platforms; Materials science / surface chemistry functionalizations; Algorithms in data analysis / simulations.
Michael Held
Plant cell walls as bioenergy feedstocks. Self-assembly and polymerization of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins. Regulation of wall biosynthesis by small RNAs.
Michael P. Jensen
Transition metal coordination chemistry, complexes as active-site models for redox-active metalloenzymes that catalyze environmentally significant reactions
Eric Masson
Design, synthesis, characterization and host-guest recognition of supramolecular architectures, with a focus on pumpkin-shaped Cucurbit[n]uril hosts and their extreme binding affinities in water.