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.