Research Areas and Faculty
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Analytical
- Atomic force microscopy of solid-liquid interfaces, studies of heterogeneous kinetics under well-defined chemical and transport conditions
Steven Higgins, Ph.D.
- Audrey McGowin, Ph.D.
Education
- Inquiry-based technology in the classroom
Suzanne Lunsford, Ph.D.
- Develop novel, research-oriented laboratories for instrumental analysis, physical chemistry and nanotechnology courses
Ioana E. P. Sizemore, Ph.D.
Environmental
- Experimental and computational techniques applied to renewable energy alternatives
Rachel Aga, Ph.D.
- Inorganic and bio-mineralization processes, aqueous geochemistry
Steven Higgins, Ph.D.
- Green methods for environmental analysis
Audrey McGowin, Ph.D.
- Study of environmental effects from platinum group metals
Ioana E. P. Sizemore, Ph.D.
- Suzanne Lunsford, Ph.D.
Inorganic
- Cytotoxicity of redox active N-heterocyclic carbene annulated gold complexes
Kuppuswamy Arumugam, Ph.D.
- Single-crystal x-ray diffraction to examine: polymer precursors and pendants with interest in their non-linear optical properties, sydnones, crystalline battery substrates, and novel organic and inorganic molecules
David A. Grossie, Ph.D.
- Development of Surface Modified Electrodes
Suzanne Lunsford, Ph.D.
- An Electrochemical Approach to Control the Ring size of Cyclic Polyesters
Organic and Polymer
- Electrochemical approach to control the ring size of cyclic polyesters, Functional polymeric hybrid materials
Kuppuswamy Arumugam, Ph.D.
- Organic synthesis of haplomyrtin and cyclopentadienones, monomer/polymer synthesis of conducting and electronically active organic materials, study of thermally stable and potentially ordered polymers and bifunctional monomers
William Feld
- Synthesizing funtionalized highly branched polymers, using kinetic parameters to control polycondensation reactions that lead to linear and branched polymers, synthesis of new and interesting monomers
Eric Fossum, Ph.D.
- Combinatorial organic synthesis and bioorganic, heterocyclic natural products
Daniel Ketcha, Ph.D.
Physical
- Computer simulations to study molecular hydrogen storage capacity in nanostructured carbon materials, study performance efficiency of organic photovoltaic materials
Rachel Aga, Ph.D.
- Laser-initiated gas-phase chemical chain reaction and energy transfer kinetics observed with time-resolved infrared fluorescence techniques; Laser-excited fluorescence spectroscopy
David Dolson, Ph.D.
- Developing probabilistic stochastic cellular automata models that simulate the evolution of a variety of complex physical and chemical systems, using computer-based methods to find relationships between the structures of molecules and their physical, chemical, and biological properties
Paul G. Seybold, Ph.D.
- Emphasis on Raman and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Ioana E. P. Sizemore, Ph.D.