Faculty Research
Dr. Brian Bohrer听(Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Indiana University)
Environmental analysis of water samples aiming to detect the presence of agricultural and pharmaceutical pollutants using chromatography and mass spectrometry instrumentation
Dr. Shelly Blunt (Ph.D.听Organic Chemistry, University of Iowa)听
Synthesis of听quinoline听alkaloids as听breast cancer target agents听and nucleosides as听HIV/AIDS target agents听and asymmetric听epoxidations听to form chiral drug targets
Dr. Jeannie Collins听(Ph.D.听Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi)
Cytoskeletal听proteins involved in motility, structural support, organelle听transport and intracellular communication, DNA replication of both slime molds and plants
Dr. Scott Grady (Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Saint Louis University)
Design and synthesis of mass spectrometry-based tags to characterize endogenous metabolites that can be leveraged for their cytotoxicity in drug design
Dr. Priya Hewavitharanage (Ph.D.听Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University)
Synthesis of fluorescent molecules for biological applications such as photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cancer
Dr. Mark Krahling (Ph.D.听Analytical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Elemental analysis using听atomic spectroscopy, solid phase extraction &听gas chromatography鈥搈ass spectrometry, and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Dr. Jacob Lutter (Ph.D.听Inorganic Chemistry, University of Michigan)
Synthesis of metallacrowns that sensitize emission from trivalent lanthanide ion guests introduced into the macrocyclic core as potential imaging agents, energy upconvertors, and other applications
Dr. Evan Millam (Ph.D.听Physical Chemistry, University of Minnesota)听
Electronic spectroscopy,听ab initio听computational chemistry, first principles determination of听vibrationally听resolved molecular electronic spectra, transition state calculations,听calorimetry
Dr. Ken Walsh听(Ph.D.听Organic Chemistry, University of Bristol)
Synthesis of carbohydrates and analogs, organocatalysis and organic synthesis, adaption of modern synthetic techniques for the teaching laboratory