Opportunities for Uncdergraduate Research
Undergraduate scientific research is an activity that has many benefits:
- You gain experience that may be useful to you in future study or your career.
- You form a professional relationship with your supervisor that can serve as the basis for a letter of recommendation.
- You get course credit and may even get paid!
But perhaps the most important benefit is the understanding you gain as to how scientific information is accumulated and ideas developed; and how you fit into the picture - is this what you want to spend your life doing? In fact, your participation in research may turn out to be the most important aspect of your college experience.
The following is a list of professors who have expressed particular interest in including undergraduates in their research groups this year. There are other professors who did not have the opportunity to be included on this list and would be glad to meet you. Check the faculty webpages which provide more complete information. Then speak to professors whose class you have enjoyed and who you think might be interesting to work for. If you have any other questions regarding undergraduate research in the Chemistry Department, you may contact Professor Robert Kerber, Undergraduate Research Liaison. Note that registration in CHE 487 or 495-6 can be done only through the Department office.
All rooms given below are in the Chemistry building. You should try to arrange all research opportunities well in advance of the semester in which you wish to do research.
|
Name
|
Area or Research Topic
|
Room
|
Phone
|
| Alexander |
Nuclear Reactions |
469 |
2-7904 |
| Boon |
Fundamentals and Applications in Biological Sensing |
547 |
2-7945 |
| Carrico |
Introduction of Unnatural Amino Acids for Biomedical Applications |
533 |
2-7935 |
| Chu |
Ultrafiltration, Tissue Engineering, Gene/Drug Carriers, Inorganic/Organic Nanocomposites, Biomineralization, Synchrotron-X-Rays/Laser Cross Correlations |
403 |
2-7928 |
| Drueckhammer |
Organic Synthesis, Molecular Recognition, Computer-guided Design |
741 |
2-7923 |
| Fowler |
Molecular and Supramolecular Synthesis |
767 |
2-7938 |
| Goroff |
Novel Organic Compounds and their Properties/Organic Materials |
779 |
2-8356 |
| Grey |
NMR Studies of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Catalysts |
669 |
2-9548 |
| Hsiao |
Nanostructured Polymers for Biomedical and Environmental Applications |
479 |
2-7793 |
| Jia |
Nuclear Chemistry and Relativistic Heavy-ion Collisions |
461 |
2-7905 |
| F. Johnson |
New Drugs from Ethnobotanicals and the Chemistry, Toxicology and Repair of DNA Adducts |
607 |
2-8866 |
| Khalifah |
Solid State Chemistry; electronic and magnetic materials; renewable energy; x-ray diffractions; crystal growth |
|
|
| Koch |
Inorganic and Organic Synthesis |
675 |
2-7944 |
| Lacey |
Nuclear Chemistry and Physics |
459 |
2-7955 |
| Lauher |
Structural Chemistry |
749 |
2-7925 |
| Mayr |
Molecular Components for Nanoelectronics |
721 |
2-7951 |
| Millar |
Chemistry of Biologically Significant Metal Complexes |
621 |
2-7909 |
| Ojima |
Synthetic, Organometallic and Medicinal Chemistry |
739 |
2-7890 |
| Parker |
Total Synthesis, Synthetic Methods, Organic Chemistry for Biomedical Applications |
707 |
2-7851 |
| Raleigh |
Protein Structure and Protein Chemistry |
647 |
2-9547 |
| Sampson |
Bioorganic Chemistry of Fertilization and Chemical Biology of Cholesterol Oxidase |
659 |
2-7952 |
| Schärer |
Chemical Biology of DNA Repair |
619 |
2-7545 |
| Simmerling |
Computational Chemistry and Structural Biology |
579 |
2-1336 |
| Stell |
Theoretical and Computational Physical Chemistry |
407 |
2-7899 |
| Tonge |
Chemical Biology: Discovery of Antibacterial Drugs; Mechanism of Enzyme Catalysis; Mechanism of Chromophore Formation and Fluorescence in Green Fluorescent Protein |
633 |
2-7907 |
| White |
Surface Chemistry and Dynamics |
541 |
2-1722 |
| Wishnia |
In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
667 |
2-7922 |
| Wolfskill |
Web-based Curriculum and Software Development, Item Response Theory |
575 |
2-7712 |
| Wong |
Physical, Biological and Chemical Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |
415 |
2-1703 |
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