Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Research projects and recent funding (2000-current)

Funding Sources:

• (NSF) National Science Foundation
• (RC) The Research Corporation
• (PRF) ACS Petroleum Research Fund

Michael Carney (Inorganic Chemistry)

• Synthesis and Reactivity of Organochromium Complexes for Olefin Polymerization (PRF)
• Neutral Group 6 Olefin Polymerization Catalysts (RC)

Steve Drucker (Physical Chemistry)

• Spectroscopic Studies of Electronically Excited States (PRF)

Bob Eierman (Chemical Education)

• Physical and Earth Science Teaching Opportunity (DOE ESEA-Title II)

Warren Gallagher (Biochemistry)

• Acquisition of an FTIR Spectrometer for Faculty Student Research Collaboration (NSF-MRI) with James Phillips
• Upgrade of 400MHz NMR spectrometer for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research (NSF-MRI) with Alan Gengenbach

Alan Gengenbach (Inorganic Chemistry

• Solid-phase synthesis of porphyrin and metalloporphyrin arrays (Internally Funded)
• Upgrade of 400MHz NMR spectrometer for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research (NSF-MRI) with Warren Gallagher

Jason Halfen (Inorganic Chemistry)

• Analysis of the molecular architecture of copper complexes for Aziridination Reactions (Dreyfus)
• Further Examination of the Copper-Catalyzed Olefin Aziridination Reaction (NSF)
• RUI: Modeling the chemistry of superoxide reductase (NSF-RUI)

Scott Hartsel (Biochemistry)

• "The Three Facets of Amphotericin B Activity" NSF-RUI

Fred King (Physical Chemistry)

• High precision calculations on few-electron systems PRF
• High precision calculations on the beryllium and lithium atoms (NSF)
• Lower bounds for the energies of few electron atoms (PRF)

David E. Lewis (Organic Chemistry)

• An ABEF Synthon for Norditerpenoid Alkaloids (NIH-AREA)

Marc McEllistrem (Surface and Analytical Chemistry)

• Acquisition of an XPS System for Materials Science & Undergraduate Research (NSF) (with Dunham, Evans and Pierson, Physics Department)
• Influence of In on the surface chemistry & morphology in InGa (RC)
• Interdependence of chemistry and morphology of GaN surfaces (NSF)
• Acquisition of a UHV Scanning Tunneling Microscope (with Evans, Physics Department)

Cheryl Muller (Organic Chemistry)

• Sulfoxides in Selective Alcohol Oxidation (Internally Funded)

James Phillips (Physical Chemistry)

• Spectroscopic Investigation of Molecular Complexes in Cryogenic Matrices (RC)
• Molecular Complexes in Cryogenic Matrices: UV Spectra Photo.
• Acquisition of an FTIR Spectrometer for Faculty Student Research (NSF-MRI) with Warren Gallagher

Thao Yang (Biochemistry)

• Peptide synthesis and NMR studies of RGD peptides (Internally Funded)