Our efforts in research not only benefit students by offering hands-on learning experiences and impactful mentoring relationships with faculty, they also produce scholarly products and build student resumés. Below is a listing of research articles published by our students and faculty, as well as external funding for research obtained through grants and industrial collaborators. 

Recent Publications (2023-24)

* Indicates UWEC Student co-authors.

Hati, S. and Bhattacharyya, S. "Writing a Literature Review as a Class Project in an Upper-Level Undergraduate Biochemistry Course” Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ. 2024, 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21814.

Lewis, D.E., “Jackson, C. M., Molecular World. Making Modern Chemistry (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2023)” Ambix 2024, 71, in press [book review]. 

Hebert, J.*, Hratisch, R.*, Gomes, R., Kunkel, W., Marshall, D., Ghosh, A., Doss, I.*, Ma, Y., Stedman, D., Stinson, B., Varghese, A., Mohr, M.*, Rozario, P.* Bhattacharyya, S. “High-performance computing in undergraduate education at primarily undergraduate institutions in Wisconsin: progress, challenges, and opportunities” Educ. Inf. Technol. 2024.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-12582-6. 

Brandt, M.*, Hau, N.*, Laatsch, B.F.*, Torti, A.*, Berthiaume, A.R.*, Kaat, G.M.*, Marcotte, E.M.*, Shepler, M.L.*, Smith, L.S.*, Snyder, K.L.*, Stepanek, J.M.*, Tichy, S.K.*, and Bailey-Hartsel, S.C. “Use of an Integrating Cavity Spectrometer to Easily Determine Beer SRM Color Without Filtration, Centrifugation or Numerical Correction”, Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 2023. DOI: 10.1080/03610470.2023.2209224 

Lewis, D.E., “ 'The Chemical History of Color,’ but just two kinds of them.” Bull. Hist. Chem. 2023, 48, 39-49. 

Brock, W. H.; Lewis, D. E., “A Dark Comedy of Errors: Nierenstein, Freudenberg and the Structure of catechin,” Bull. Hist. Chem. 2023, 48, 170–1891. 

Lewis, D.E., “Early organic chemistry in Kyiv: Serhii Mykolayovych Reformatskyi (1860–1934) and his name reaction,” ChemPlusChem 2023, 88 (10), e202300224 (13 pp.) 

Fossum, C. J.*, Johnson, B.O.V.*, Golde, S.T.*, Kielman, A.J.*, Finke, B.*, Lowater, H. R.*, Laatsch, B.*, Bhattacharyya, S. and Hati, S. “Insight into the Mechanism of Tryptophan Fluorescence Quenching due to Synthetic Crowding Agents: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study”, ACS Omega 2023, 8, 144820-44830.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c06006 

Parsons, S.W . *, Hucek, D.G. *, Mishra, P., Plusquellic, D.F., Zwier, T. S., & Drucker, S. “Jet-Cooled Phosphorescence Excitation Spectrum of the T₁(n,π*) ← S₀ Transition of 4H-Pyran-4-one.” J. Phys. Chem. A. 2023, 127, 3636-3647. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c01059 

Laatsch, B.F. *, Brandt, M.*, Finke, B.*, Fossum, C.J. *, Wackett, M.J. *, Lowater, H.R. *, Narkiewicz-Jodko, A. *, Le, C. N.*, Yang, T., Glogowski, E.M., Bailey-Hartsel, S.C., Bhattacharyya, S., & Hati, S. “Polyethylene Glycol 20k. Does It Fluoresce?” ACS Omega 2023, 8, 14208–14218.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c01124 

Vermeuel, M.P., Novak, G.A., Kilgour, D.B., Clafin, M.S., Lerner, B.M., Thom, J., Cleary, P.A., Desai, A.R., Bertram, T.H. “Leaf senescence alters Ambient BVOC over a mixed temperate forest” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2023, 23, 4123–4148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4123-2023 

Tirado, J. *, Torti, A.*, Butterworth B.*, Wangen, K.*, Voon, A. *, Kies, B. *, Hupy, J. de Boer, G., Pierce, R.B., Wagner, T. J., Cleary, P.A. “Observations of Coastal Dynamics During Lake Breeze at a Shoreline Impacted by High Ozone” Env. Sci. Atmos. 2023, 3, 494-505.
DOI: 10.1039/D2EA00101B 

Benning, T.*, Lowater, H.* and Bailey-Hartsel, S.C. “Does Beer Obey Beer’s Law?” 
MBAA Technical Quarterly 2023, 60:3, 63-65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/TQ-60-3-1005-01

External Grants and Collaborations (2021-2024)

“Exploring the Dynamics of Prolyl-tRNA Synthetases: Towards Developing a Screening Method for Species-Specific Inhibitors.” 
National Institute of Health-Academic “Administrative Supplements for Equipment for Select NIGMS-Funded Awards.” (NIH-AREA), $99,900.
PIs: Sudeep Bhattacharyay and Sanchita Hati. 

“RUI: Condensed-Phase Effects on the Structural and Energetic Properties of Nitrogen Donor – SOx Complexes.”
National Science Foundation (NSF-CSDM-A), $313,276.
PI: Jim Phillips   

“Isolation, Characterization, and Propagation of Fungal Root Pathogens in Horseradish.”
Silver Springs Food Inc. (collaboration), $56,277.
PI: Scott Bailey-Hartsel 

REU Site: Advancing High-Performance Computing Opportunities in Undergraduate Research at UW-Eau Claire to Meet Challenges of Multidisciplinary Computational Science.”
National Science Foundation (NSF-REU), $385,762.
Co-PI: Sudeep Bhattacharyay (with Rahul Gomes of Computer Science) 

“Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Human Saliva as a Non-invasive Tool for Cancer Diagnostics.”
Research Innovation Council, UWEC & Mayo Clinic Health System, $29,228.
PI: Sanchita Hati; Co-PI: Dr. Laurel McEllistrem and Dr. Sandeep Basu  

“Exploring the Dynamics of Prolyl-tRNA Synthetases: Towards Developing a Screening Method for Species-Specific Inhibitors.”
National Institute of Health-Academic Research Enhancement Awards (NIH-AREA), $397,331.
PIs: Sudeep Bhattacharyay and Sanchita Hati

Exploring Policies to Promote High-Performance Computing in Post-Pandemic Undergraduate Education in Wisconsin."
Tommy Thompson Center of Public Leadership, $94,368.
PIs: Sudeep Bhattacharyay (with Ying Ma (MSBME), Rahul Gomes (CS), Abhimanyu Ghosh (ME, UW-Stout), and Tony Varghese (CS, UW-River Falls)).  

“Collaborative Research: RUI: Lake Breeze Influence on Ozone transport as Captured by an Unmanned Aerial System”.
National Science Foundation (Supplemental Request), $41,437.
PI: Patricia Cleary