College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
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Edwin B. Green Chair Professor in Laser Chemistry, Director, Center for Biocatalysis and BioprocessingChemical Sensors, near infrared spectroscopy, noninvasive analytical sensing, noninvasive blood glucose sensing, reagent-based optical sensors, biosensing probes, and chemometrics.
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Associate ProfessorEvidence-centered curriculum design and assessment; engaging students in scientific practice; model-based reasoning and argumentation in chemistry contexts
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ProfessorPolymer chemistry; organic solvent nanofiltration; membranes; agricultural science; growth promoters for crops; small molecule synthesis; polymer synthesis; drug delivery; nanoscience
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Professor, Associate Dean for the Natural, Mathematical, and Social Sciences, CLASFemtosecond infrared spectroscopy of enzymes, proton-transfer reactions, molecular mechanisms of enzymatic catalysis, reaction dynamics in proteins, vibrational spectroscopy and dynamics, nonlinear spectroscopy.
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Professor, Department Associate ChairChemical Education Research: Research based design of instructional materials and teaching strategies; assessment of the impact of novel teaching strategies on student learning and attitudes; scientific discourse and social negotiation of meaning in chemistry; analysis and development of professional development strategies.
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Associate ProfessorInorganic and organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry, ligand synthesis and design, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, radiochemistry, single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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Professor, Director, Materials Analysis, Testing, and Fabrication (MATFab) Facility, Professor (Secondary Appointment), Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringSynthesis and characterization of novel actinide-based (232Th, 238U, 237Np) nanotubes and molecular clusters; X-ray diffraction and scattering techniques; transport and mobility of nuclear materials in aqueous environmental systems; radiochemistry.
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Associate ProfessorSynthetic methodology and natural product synthesis, emphasizing chiral amines, stereoselective carbon-carbon bond constructions, radical addition reactions, organometallic reagents, and asymmetric catalysis.
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ProfessorDetection and spectroscopy of single molecules, time-resolved spectroscopy, chiroptical techniques, nonlinear spectroscopy; DNA sequencing; structure and dynamics of proteins; capillary electrophoresis.
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Associate ProfessorMaterials synthesis via thermochemically driven reactions between molecular precursors; metastable nitrogen-rich carbon nitride synthesis; solvothermal and solid-state synthesis of metal nitride, phosphides, sulfides, and oxide nanoparticles; reactive mechanochemistry; applications to energy or environmentally relevant electrocatalysis and photocatalysis.
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Roy J. Carver/Ralph L. Shriner Professor of ChemistryDiscovery, isolation, and structure determination of new biologically active natural products from fungi; anticancer agents; antifungal agents; natural insecticides; fungal chemical ecology.
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ProfessorNoble metal nanoparticle synthesis, purification, surface chemistry modification, and characterization for biosensor development, mass transport of small molecules, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), capillary and microchip electrophoresis.
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Associate ProfessorElectrochemistry, mass and electron transfer, interfacial phenomena, composite ion-exchange polymers, modeling and simulations, magnetic effects in electrochemical systems.
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Professor, Department of Chemistry, Professor (Secondary Appointment), College of Pharmacy, Department Executive Officer (Department Chair)Molecular recognition; solid state organic and inorganic chemistry; crystal photochemistry; nanotechnology. Synthesis of porous molecular solids and nanometer scale molecular structures for applications in separations, catalysis, and molecular switching. Organic solid state synthesis by design.
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ProfessorComputational and Theoretical Chemistry, Room-Temperature Ionic-Liquids, Molten Salts, Materials, Environmental, Biological.
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Associate ProfessorCatalysis, photocatalysis, radical chemistry, natural product synthesis, neuroprotection, mechanism of action studies
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Associate ProfessorDensity functional theory, theoretical physical chemistry, electronic structure, computational chemistry, molecular dynamics, complex metal oxides, nano-bio interface, nanomaterials, geochemistry, energy applications, environmental chemistry
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Associate ProfessorSynthetic and mechanistic organometalic chemistry of early transition metals, particularly mid-valent and metal-metal multiply-bonded compounds; organopolymetallics of main group elements as organometallic synthons and materials precursors; inorganic complexes in medical diagnostic imaging.
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Associate ProfessorOrganometallics in organic synthesis, synthesis of heterocyclic compounds related to alkaloids, design and synthesis of heterocyclic cyclophanes, supramolecular host-guest chemistry, crystal engineering.
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Associate Professor of Radiology-Division of Nuclear Medicine, Associate Professor (Secondary Appointment) Department of Chemistry -
Associate Professoranalytical chemistry, interface science, intermolecular forces, vibrational spectroscopy, electrochemistry, probe microscopy, surface science, PMIRRAS, SFG, VSFG, Raman, Ellipsometry, Polymer Films, Urban Films, CO2 Recyling, Ionic Liquid, RTIL, Biofilm, Adhesion, ultra-smooth surfaces, nano
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Assistant ProfessorComputational physical chemistry: nanoparticles, solar cell & catalyst design, renewable energy, using big data in chemistry, basic energy sciences, electronic structure & reactivity.
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ProfessorEnvironmental, organic, and analytical chemistry; emphasis placed on understanding molecular composition, transformation, and sources of atmospheric aerosols; sea spray; combustion; co-firing; bioaerosols; secondary organic aerosol; laboratory and field studies; gas and liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; source apportionment
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Associate ProfessorAnalytical, Physical, Environmental and Surface Chemistry; Nanoscience; Electrical and Mechanical properties of organic and inorganic crystalline solids at micro- and nano-dimensions; Single particle Atomic Force Microscopy; Nanoindentation; Molecular solids; Metal-organic frameworks.
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F. Wendell Miller ProfessorSynthetic and bioorganic chemistry. Natural product synthesis. Development of synthetic methodology based on organophosphorus chemistry. Synthesis of inhibitors of terpene metabolism, modified carbohydrates, and nucleosides.
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Assistant ProfessorBoron chemistry, Nitrene Chemistry, Organic Methodology, Activation of Strong Bonds, Bioorthogonal Cross-Coupling, Chemical Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, Small Molecule Synthesis, Neurodegenerative Diseases