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Bergens, StevenChemistryamide, flow chemistry, polymerized chiral catalysts, water oxidation reaction, ring opening olefin polymerization, carbon dioxide hydrogenation, metal free chiral catalysts, photocatalysis, green chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials and surfaces, natural resources and energy, asymmetric catalysis, ketone, ester, imide hydrogenation, intramolecular cycloisomerization, reusable polymeric catalysts, polymer electrolyte fuel cell, direct alcohol, hydrogen fuel cells, oxygen reduction reaction, magnetic resonance fuel cell imaging, earth abundant catalysis of organic reactions, organic chromophore/dye, visible light photocatalysis, enantioselective photocatalysis, renewable energy storage, 1,2,3,5tetrakis(carbazol9yl)4,6dicyanobenzene (4CzIPN), NHC and imidazole ligands in catalysis, electropolymerization on electrode surface, photoelectrochemical N2 reduction, energy transfer photocatalytic reactions
Blaskovits, Jacob (Terry)Chemistrymachine learning, artificial intelligence, organic electronic materials, data-driven chemistry, computational chemistry
Brown, AlexanderChemistrychemical physics, physical chemistry, theoretical and computational chemistry, photochemistry, quantum chemistry, fluorescent proteins, biofluorophores, novel inorganic materials, multi-photon absorption, optimal control theory, quantum dynamics, molecular dynamics, MCTDH, Quantum Chemistry, Quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM), Phosphorescent materials, MCTDH, Quantum dynamics, Molecular dynamics, Ab initio molecular dynamics
Cairo, ChristopherChemistryChemical biology, Enzymology, Medicinal chemistry, Glycomics, Glycolipid, Phosphatase, Glycosidase, Chemoenzymatic synthesis, Neuraminidase, Biophysics, Glycomics, Cancer, Nanomedicine, glycobiology, bioconjugate chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry, glycosyl hydrolase, sialic acid, phosphatase, glycolipid, glycoprotein, adhesion
Campbell, RobertChemistryanalytical chemistry, chemical biology, organic chemistry, human health, second messengers, biochemistry, biotechnology, enzymes and proteins, neuronal and synaptic activity, cell signaling, cancer, bioanalytical chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, biosensors, fluorescence, microscopy, molecular biology, protein engineering
Clive, DerrickChemistrySynthesis of complex organic compounds, Natural product synthesis, Synthetic methodology, Synthetic radical chemistry, Antibiotic natural product synthesis, Anticancer natural product synthesis, Antiviral natural product synthesis, Substituted benzene rings, Green chemistry, Antiviral compounds, MPC1001, Sorbicillactone A, radical reactions, radical cyclization
Derda, RatmirChemistryDrug discovery, Point of care diagnostics, Genetically-encoded libraries, Bioorthogonal chemistry, Reaction discovery, Ligand arrays, Cell surface receptors, Materials and surfaces, Nanotechnology, Organic chemistry, Health, Chemical biology, Phage display, Light-responsive ligand discovery, Protein-ligand interactions, Peptide macrocycles, Materials and surfaces, Cell differentiation, Asymmetric division, Supercooled liquids, Ice nucleating peptides, Genetically-encoded chemistry, DNA-encoded libraries, Late-stage modification of peptides and proteins, Structure activity relationships, Reaction methodology, Carbohydrates, Neural networks, Regression models
Gibbs, JulianneChemistrygreen chemistry, analytical chemistry, chemical biology, materials and surfaces, nanotechnology, physical chemistry, isothermal nucleic acid replication for diagnostics, DNA nanotechnology, chemical processes at interfaces, nonlinear optical spectroscopy, DNA hybridization at surfaces, DNA templated ligation reactions, DNA templated polymerization reactions, vibrational sum frequency generation, second harmonic generation, DNA structural study, self­replicating systems, DNA­modified nanomaterials, self­assembly of DNA materials, self­replication of nanomaterials, self­healing materials, isothermal nucleic acid amplification, DNA­mineral interactions, DNA polymerization by novel methods, self­replication of DNA assemblies
Hall, DennisChemistryasymmetric synthesis, bioconjugation, boronic acids, catalysis, chemical biology, cross-coupling, green chemistry, organic synthesis, organic reactions, Boron, organoboron chemistry, heterocycles, stereocontrol, enantioselectivity, organocatalysis
Hanna, GabrielChemistrychemical physics, physical chemistry, theoretical and computational chemistry, mixed quantum-classical dynamics, energy transfer, electron transfer, proton-coupled electron transfer, two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, light-matter interactions, algorithm development, quantum control, charge transfer, carbon dioxide reduction, ab initio molecular dynamics, quantum battery, quantum heat transport
Harrison, D JedChemistryanalytical chemistry, materials and surfaces, nanotechnology, microfluidics, nanofluidics, separation science, colloidal, self assembly, mass spectrometry, electrophoresis, DNA, metabolites, surface chemistry
Harynuk, JamesChemistryseparation science, forensic chemistry, mass spectrometry, emerging environmental contaminants, identification of organic compounds, analytical chemistry, gas chromatography, multidimensional chromatography, separations, thermodynamics, QSRRs, flow modulation, retention, chemometrics, feature selection, data reduction, machine learning, human exposure, cannabis, metabolomics, environmental analysis, nontarget analysis
Jaeger, WolfgangChemistrychemical physics, physical chemistry, microwave spectroscopy, microscopic superfluidity, helium nanodroplet spectroscopy, nano-cryostat and nano-reactor, barrier-less chemical reactions, UV induced photodissociation, reactive intermediates, infrared spectroscopy, photo-reaction (smog) chamber, mass spectrometry
Joudan, ShiraChemistryEnvironmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organic contaminants, Chromatography, Mass spectrometry, Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), Long range transport, Indoor chemistry, Aqueous photochemistry, Persistent pollutants
Klassen, JohnChemistryanalytical chemistry, chemical biology, physical chemistry, mass spectrometry, host cell receptors, protein-ligand interactions, affinities, electrospray ionization, hydrophobic bonding, solvent effects, glycolipids, biomolecular recognition, inhibitors
Klobukowski, MariuszChemistrymolecular electronic structure, pseudopotentials and basis sets, relativistic effects, spin-orbit coupling, rare gas chemistry, transition metal chemistry, fragment molecular orbitals and model core potentials, design of new anti-cancer drugs, molecular dynamics, core electron binding energies, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, spectroscopy of valence electrons, ab initio molecular dynamics
Li, LiangChemistryanalytical chemistry, chemical biology, health, cancer, mass spectrometry, chemical separation, liquid chromatography, metabolome analysis, metabolomics, proteomics, bioanalystical techniques, biochemical analysis, large scale chemical profiling, biomarker discovery
Lucy, CharlesChemistryanalytical chemistry, analytical separations, separation science, high performance liquid chromatography, HPLC capillary electrophoresis (CE), hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), normal phase liquid chromatography (NPLC), reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC)
Lundgren, RylanChemistryinorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis, C-H bond functionalization, oxidative coupling, catalyst design, nucleophilic catalysis, stereoselective catalysis, biomimetic synthesis, multi-catalyst systems, green synthesis and catalysis, reaction mechanisms, isotopic labelling, enantioselective catalysis, physical organic chemistry, methodology development
Mar, ArthurChemistryinorganic chemistry, materials and surfaces, solid state chemistry, intermetallic compounds, zintl phases, crystal chemistry, pnictides, rare- earth compounds, renewable resources
McDermott, MarkChemistryanalytical chemistry, materials and surfaces, nanotechnology, nanoparticles, bioassay, surface modification, plasmonics, raman spectroscopy, surface plasmon resonance, nanocomposite, enhanced spectroscopy, cellulose nanocrystals, aptamers
Michaelis, VladimirChemistrynuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), biomaterials, dental materials, minerals, cements, health, MOFs, zeolites, structure elucidation, dynamic nuclear polarization, perovskites, semiconductors, double perovskites, quantum, batteries, hydrogen, solid-state, analytical, chemistry, energy, solar, storage, generation, battery, renewables, MRI, Helium, bioglass
Rivard, EricChemistryPolymers, light emitting materials (luminescence), catalysis, semiconductor synthesis, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, hydrogen/hydride research, plastics, hydrogen economy, OLEDs, nanoelectronics
Sang, LingziChemistrySurface and Interface chemistry, In-situ measurements, Energy Materials, Vibrational Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, Synchrotron X-ray Spectroscopy, Battery, Perovskite Solar Cell
Serpe, MichaelChemistryanalytical chemistry, materials and surfaces, nanotechnology, sensing and biosensing, polymer-based muscles, water remediation, polymer brushes, analytical instrumentation development, stimuli responsive polymers, materials/polymer science and chemistry, nano and microparticles, colorimetric sensors, Artificial muscles/actuators, Controlled and triggered drug delivery, Post polymerization modification, Sensor arrays, Pattern recognition/machine learning, Ionic strength responsive devices, Phospholipid bilayers, Enzymatic reaction­based sensing, shape memory alloys