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Research

Research is the pinnacle of the TCU experience.

Undergraduate researchers work side-by-side in the lab with PhD candidates, post-doctoral fellows and professors across a range of subdisciplines of chemistry. Students report the results of these efforts through presentations at local, national and international conferences and through publications. 

Onofrio AnnunziataOnofrio Annunziata
Professor, Physical Chemistry
Group Site: http://faculty.tcu.edu/oannunziata/
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Macromolecular Chemotaxis
  • Protein Aggregation
  • Diffusion in liquids
  • Thermodynamics of colloidal solutions

ben-janeskoBenjamin G. Janesko
Professor & Chair, Physical & Computational Chemistry
Group Site:
https://janeskoresearchgroup.wordpress.com
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Petroinformatics
  • Creating and/or refining DFT forcefields
  • Developing computation

Benjamin ShermanBenjamin D. Sherman
Sustainable Energy & Inorganic Chemistry
Group Site: http://personal.tcu.edu/bdsherman/index.html
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry
  • Solar energy conversion
  • Sustainable biomass conversion
  • Materials synthesis

Jeffrey CofferJeffery L. Coffer
Professor, Materials & Inorganic Chemistry
Group Site: https://personal.tcu.edu/coffer
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Silicon Nanostuctures for Drug Delivery
  • Drug Delivery & Tissue Engineering
  • Materials for Sustainable Energy

 

Kayla GreenKayla N. Green
Professor, Bioinorganic & bioorganic chemistry
Group Site:
http://personal.tcu.edu/kaylagreen/
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Therapeutic agents for diseases arising from for oxidative stress: Alzheimer’s, Macular Degeneration, Cataracts
  • Organometallic Catalysis
  • Bioinorganic Models of Metalloenzymes

Benjamin ShermanBenjamin D. Sherman
Sustainable Energy & Inorganic Chemistry
Group Site: http://personal.tcu.edu/bdsherman/index.html
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry
  • Solar energy conversion
  • Sustainable biomass conversion
  • Materials synthesis

Onofrio AnnunziataOnofrio Annunziata
Professor, Physical Chemistry
Group Site: http://faculty.tcu.edu/oannunziata/
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Macromolecular Chemotaxis
  • Protein Aggregation
  • Diffusion in liquids
  • Thermodynamics of colloidal solutions

Jeffrey CofferJeffery L. Coffer
Professor, Materials & Inorganic Chemistry
Group Site: https://personal.tcu.edu/coffer
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Silicon Nanostuctures for Drug Delivery
  • Drug Delivery & Tissue Engineering
  • Materials for Sustainable Energy

 

Benjamin JaneskoBenjamin G. Janesko
Professor & Chair, Physical & Computational Chemistry
Group Site:
https://janeskoresearchgroup.wordpress.com
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Petroinformatics
  • Creating and/or refining DFT forcefields
  • Developing computation

Eric SimanekEric Simanek
Robert A. Welch Professor
Organic & Physical Organic Chemistry
Group Site: https://ericsimanek.com
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Drug design
  • Drug delivery
  • Materials science (OLEDs)
  • Science education (K-16)

Kayla GreenKayla N. Green
Professor, Bioinorganic & bioorganic chemistry
Group Site:
http://personal.tcu.edu/kaylagreen/
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Therapeutic agents for diseases arising from for oxidative stress: Alzheimer’s, Macular Degeneration, Cataracts
  • Organometallic Catalysis
  • Bioinorganic Models of Metalloenzymes

Youngha RyuYoungha Ryu
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Bioorganic Chemistry
Group Site:
http://personal.tcu.edu/yryu/
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Biochemistry and chemical biology
  • Protein biochemistry
  • Nucleic acid biochemistry
  • Bioorganic chemistry

Eric SimanekEric Simanek
Robert A. Welch Professor
Organic & Physical Organic Chemistry
Group Site: https://ericsimanek.com
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Drug design
  • Drug delivery
  • Materials science (OLEDs)
  • Science education (K-16)

Sergei V. DzyubaSergei V. Dzyuba
Professor, Organic & Physical Organic Chemistry
Group Site: http://personal.tcu.edu/sdzyuba/HOME.html
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Non-conventional media: ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, gels and supramolecular polymers
  • Molecular rotors: environment-sensitive probes, chemo- & bio-sensors

 

David MinterDavid E. Minter
Professor, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Synthetic Methodology
  • Total Synthesis of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
  • Amine-borane Chemistry

 

 

Jean-Luc MontchampJean-Luc Montchamp
Professor, Synthetic Organic & Phosphorus Chemistry
Group Site:
http://personal.tcu.edu/jmontchamp/montchamp.htm
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Organophosphorus chemistry
  • Synthetic Methodology
  • Bioorganic and medicinal chemistry
  • Asymmetric synthesis

Eric SimanekEric Simanek
Robert A. Welch Professor
Organic & Physical Organic Chemistry
Group Site: https://ericsimanek.com
Talks: Current Research Lectures

  • Drug design
  • Drug delivery
  • Materials science (OLEDs)
  • Science education (K-16)