Faculty

Education:  Field of Interest:  RNA Nanobiology and Drug Delivery Research Focus: My expertise is in computational and experimental RNA biology. Nucleic acids, including both DNA and RNA, are biopolymers that can be programmed to fold into nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) that have beneficial uses in nanotechnology with broad applications. We are using this promising technology […]

Education: Field of Interest : Organic/Inorganic/Materials Chemistry Research Focus: Research in the Bejger group is focused on the design, synthesis, and assembly of molecular clusters for energy applications. The chemical and electronic structures of molecular clusters can be modified synthetically; this allows us to tune their physical properties and create new materials with nanoscale control. […]

Education: Field of Interest: Research Focus: Dr. Casto-Boggess’ research interests are at the interface of measurement science, engineering, planetary science, and biology to build instrumentation and advance analysis methods for understanding life or extraterrestrial chemistry out of this world. Research in the Casto-Boggess Lab combines microfluidic technologies, capillary electrophoresis, and optical detection methods to tackle […]

Education: Field of Interest: (1) Synthesis and characterization of nanoclusters (2) Nanotechnology to improve cancer (leukemia) chemotherapy (3) Protein-metal complexes (4) Phase-changing nano-materials (5) Fluid mechanics at nano-scale Research Focus: Our research goals are to pioneer new mechanisms and methodologies for nano-materials synthesis; to understand the physical properties of thus obtained nano-materials; and to use […]

Education: Field of Interest: Research Focus: Dr. Foley is a theoretical physical chemist with an interest in light-matter interactions in nanoscale and molecular systems. Teaching: Dr. Foley loves teaching students about physical chemistry, theory and computation, and nanoscale phenomena. My group participates in a collaborative called the “Enhancing Science Courses by Integrating Python” (ESCIP) Network. We are […]

Education: Field of Interest: Research Focus: The Ge group is interested in the chemistry and biology of modified proteins, specifically the crosstalk between covalent protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) and metal binding, and how this crosstalk contributes to human health and the development of disease states such as cancer and neurodegeneration. Research will combine techniques in […]

Education: Research Focus: Investigation of host-pathogen interactions and identification of therapeutic points of intervention in meningitis and osteomyelitis. Research Website

Education: Research Focus: The initiation of immune responses. Research Website

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Education: Field of Interest:  Physical Chemistry Research Focus: Most of my research interests are materials related. My efforts are toward the fundamental studies of complex systems at the nanoscale with regard to applications of materials at the macroscale. Complex systems exist at surfaces, interfaces and thin films. The experimental techniques that I use to study […]