Chemistry Faculty Research

Current areas of research in the Department are:

• inorganic and hybrid materials synthesis
• proteostasis - balancing protein synthesis and degradation
• biological fluorescence and single-molecule spectroscopy
• high resolution molecular spectroscopy of jet-cooled species
• ab initio, quantum chemical calculation of molecular properties and intermolecular interactions
• biochemical characterization of protein tyrosine phosphatases;
• design and synthesis of allosteric enzyme inhibitors and activators;
• investigation of the protein folding landscape of kinetically stabilized proteins
• development of hydrogen-exchange mass spectrometry methodology to monitor protein folding and dynamics
• the design and synthesis of self-assembling organic nanostructures
• a computational assessment of rapid amide-bond cleavage
• organometallic catalyst design and polymer synthesis
• light-initiated charge and energy transfer in nanoscale systems

Individual faculty research interests may be found by clicking on the names at left.