Faculty Directory

Chemistry

Anderson, Scott
1216 HEB
Phone: 585-7289
E-mail: anderson@chem.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Spectroscopy. Surface Science. Catalysis. Reaction dynamics.

Student Participation: Carry out experiments. Assist in experiment construction.

Background Needed: Physical Chemistry

Outside Majors: Physics

Student generated projects not possible.

Armentrout, Peter B.
3402 HEB
Phone: 581-7885
Email: Armentrout@chemistry.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Physical, analytical & organometallic chemistry. Mass spectrometry, thermochemistry, kinetics & dynamics of chemical reactions. Reactions of transition metals and metal complexes.

Student Participation: Work with senior graduate student & participate in a research project. Operation of instrumentation.

Background Needed: Physical chemistry sequence 3160 and 3170 useful.

Outside Majors: Chemical Engineering, Computer Science.

Key Words: Thermochemistry, kinetics, transition metals, clusters, solvation.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Breckenridge, W.H.
4424 HEB
Phone: 581-8024
E-mail: breckenridge@chemistry.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Chemical dynamics; photochemistry; energy transfer; pulsed tunable laser techniques; reactivity & quenching of electronically excited atoms; Van Der Waals molecules.

Student Participation: Perform experiments related to our research after an apprentice period with a graduate student. Computer simulations of spectra, if computer background is sufficient.

Background Needed: One year of physical chemistry required. Familiarity with computers would be helpful.

Outside Majors: Physics, Materials Science & Engineering.

Key Words: Lasers, dynamics, spectroscopy, photochemistry, energy transfer.

Student generated projects not possible.

Burrows, Cynthia
2020 HEB
Phone: 585-7290
E-Mail: burrows@chem.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Oxidation of DNA, identification of DNA modifications caused by free radical damage.

Student Participation: Organic synthesis and HPLC purification of oxidized DNA nucleosides.

Background Needed: Completion of organic chemistry lab (2 semesters) with grade of B+ or better.

Outside Majors: Biology

Key Words: Organic Chemistry

Student generated projects are not possible.


Grissom, Charles B.
1128 HEB
Phone: 581-4153
Email: grissomc@chemistry.chem.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Enzyme mechanisms and kinetics, site-specific delivery of anticancer drugs.

Student Participation: Computer literacy, organic chemistry, biochemistry.

Background Needed: General & organic chemistry required. Some knowledge of biochemistry is helpful.

Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry.

Key Words: Enzymes, organic chemistry, drug delivery.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Hegg, Eric
4253-B HEB
Phone: 585-0776
E-Mail: hegg@chemistry.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Bioinorganic chemistry; elucidating the role of metal ions in various metalloenzymes.

Student Participation: Protein purification; inorganic and organic synthesis; catalysis; spectroscopy.

Background Needed: Chemistry courses through organic chemistry; biochemistry very helpful.

Outside Majors: Biochemistry, biology.

Key Words: Metalloenzymes, catalysis, spectroscopy.

Student generated projects not possible.

Miller, Joel S.
2124 HEB
Phone: 585-5455
E-mail: jsmiller@chemistry.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Preparation and characterization of new magnetic materials.

Student Participation: 1) Synthesis of new materials; 2) Physical Measurements.

Background Needed: Completed 2340.

Outside Majors: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Material Sciences.

Key Words: Chemical synthesis, magnetism, physical measurement.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Poulter, C.D.
2270 HEB
Phone: 581-6685
Email: poulter@chemistry.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Bioorganic chemistry, enzyme reaction mechanisms, recombinant DNA.

Student Participation: Cloning to obtain expression systems for enzymes, enzyme kinetics, site-directed mutagenesis, synthesis of substrates & inhibitors.

Background Needed: Chemistry, at least through organic; some biology, biochemistry background preferred.

Outside Majors: Biology.

Key Words: Enzyme, clone, DNA, enzymes, synthesis.

Student generated projects not possible.

Stang, Peter J.
2214 HEB
Phone: 581-8329
Email: stang@chemistry.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Organic chemistry.

Student Participation: Make molecules & study their properties.

Background Needed: Organic chemistry course.

Outside Majors: Biology, Pre-Medicine, Engineering, Science.

Student generated projects may be considered.

White, Henry
b423 HEB
Phone: 585-6256
E-mail: whight@chem.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Electrochemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, materials chemistry and molecular transport.

Student Participation: Work as research assistant.

Background Needed: Interest in science and enjoys challenges.

Outside Majors: Chemical Engineering, Physics, Biology and Materials Science.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Wight, Chuck
2020 HEB
Phone: 581-8796
E-mail: wight@chem.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Solid state reaction kinetics, thermal decomposition reactions, explosives and propellants.

Student Participation: Perform laboratory experiments on energetic materials; run computer simulations of explosions and combustion; write new simulation code.

Background Needed: Good lab skills or computer programming experience (unix or linux and C++ preferred).

Outside Majors: Chemical Engineering, Computer Science.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Zharov, Ilya
3416HEB
Phone: 587-9335
E-mail: zharov@chem.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Organic, materials, nano, drug delivery and polymers.

Student Participation: Perform laboratory work on one of the projects, together with a postdoc or graduate student.

Background Needed: Good lab skills and organic synthesis.

Outside Majors: Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry or Bioengineering.

Student generated projects may be considered.

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