Detailed descriptions of current research
projects are available for the following faculty:
John Cochran,
Synthesis and reactivity of organostannanes, especially
vinylstannanes, organotin hydrides and organotin anions;
promotion of organic reactions by ultrasound.
G. Richard Geier III, Synthesis of
porphyrinic macrocycles for use in studies of biomimetic catalysis.
Germaine Gogel,
Structure/function relationships in chlorophyll-binding
proteins; structure of growth factors in nerve
development.
Roger S. Rowlett, Protein
engineering, enzyme kinetics, and X-ray crystallography of plant and bacterial b-carbonic anhydrases.
Quang Shen, Gas phase
electron diffraction, conformational analysis and
barriers to internal rotation, vibrational spectroscopy,
molecular structure and dynamics.
Peter Sheridan,
Thermal and photoinduced reactions of coordination
compounds; chemical education.
Ephraim Woods III, Physical Chemistry
of aerosol particles, structure of liquid surfaces, kinetics and dynamics
of heterogeneous chemical reactions, mass spectrometry of single aerosol
particles, laser control of chemical reactions
.
