Research
Faculty Research
Stephen Chamberland
Associate Professor
Research Areas
Organic natural
product total synthesis
metacognition in
organic chemistry,
Nathan Goldfarb
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
Drug discovery
for tuberculosis,
HIV and Malaria
Gamini Gunawardena
Associate Professor
Research Areas
Development of
safer pain relievers
Merrill Halling
Associate Professor
Research Areas
Structure
determination of
natural products,
Solid-State NMR
Elena Laricheva
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
Computer simulations
of protein dynamics
and protein-protein
interactions,
Science Education
Sally Rocks
Associate Professor
Research Areas
Bioinorganic &,
Environmental Chemistry
Kevin Shurtleff
Associate Professor
Research Areas
Energy and
Environmental Chemistry,
Prevention of Algal
Blooms,
Clean Air Towers,
Renewable Energy
Craig Thulin
Professor
Research Areas
Proteomics, including
bioanalytical analysis
of honey;
post-transitional
modifications,
including protein
arginyl methylation
Ming Yu
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
Biosensing,
Disease Diagnosis,
Semiconductor
Nanoparticles,
Flourescence
Mentored Research
Get Started!
- Start early in your degree - maybe in your sophomore or junior year (many faculty will not bring on seniors into their research labs).
- Carefully study the faculty research members and their research areas. Click on the different links to explore the different professors and their research interests.
- Choose a few faculty members whose research seems most appealing to you.
- Be proactive in investing time in studying the faculty’s research, journal articles, etc., and be prepared to ask questions and comment on his/her research.
- Contact the faculty member via email for more information about opportunities in thier lab and schedule a time to meet them. If they don't respond to an email/phone call, drop by their office!
- Many times, you will begin as a volunteer until you have gained enough experience to merit credit/pay.
- Once you have sufficient experience, you will be eligible for research credit (494R), for every 1 credit you wish to earn please plan on spending at least 3 hours per week. You also can work towards funding for research projects (for example: URSCA, TEELS, etc. and SAC)
