Research in Chemistry
Student research projects are available in the major areas of chemistry:
Analytical Chemistry
- mass spectrometry
- metal ion interactions with biomolecules and hydrocarbons
Biochemistry
- ribosome assembly
- RNA helicases
- enzyme kinetics
- protein structure analysis
- protein-ligand conformational analysis via FTNMR and FTIR spectroscopy
- pesticide residues and metabolite analysis by GC-MS spectroscopy
Inorganic Chemistry
- coordination chemistry
- synthesis of tetraazamacrocycles
- synthesis of novel coordination complexes
- NMR analysis of simple cobalt(III) complexes
Organic Chemistry
- organic synthesis
- synthesis of biologically significant tetrapyrroles
- structural organic analysis by FTIR and FTNMR spectroscopy
Physical Chemistry
- nanosecond kinetic processes
- laser technology applied to dynamic processes
- computational chemistry
- molecular modeling
- forensic chemistry using FTIR spectroscopy