Research
Research and scholarship are the foundations of the undergraduate and graduate experience at TCU. Undergraduate researchers work side-by-side in the lab with PhD candidates, post-doctoral fellows and professors across a range of subdisciplines of chemistry to explore new materials, sustainable energy and new drug paradigms. Students report the results of these efforts through presentations at local, national and international conferences and through research publications. In addition to the summaries below, current faculty research presentations are provided. If you have questions about research, contact Professor Simanek (e.simanek@tcu.edu).
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Faculty Name |
Research |
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Onofrio Annunziata
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Macromolecular Chemotaxis Protein Aggregation Diffusion in liquids Thermodynamics of colloidal solutions |
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Jeffery L. Coffer |
Silicon Nanostuctures for Drug Delivery Drug Delivery & Tissue Engineering Materials for Sustainable Energy |
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Sergei V. Dzyuba |
Non-conventional media: ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, gels and supramolecular polymers Molecular rotors: environment-sensitive probes, chemo- & bio-sensors |
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Kayla N. Green |
Therapeutic agents for diseases arising from for oxidative stress: Alzheimer’s, Macular Degeneration, Cataracts Organometallic Catalysis Bioinorganic Models of Metalloenzymes
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Benjamin G. Janesko |
Petroinformatics Creating and/or refining DFT forcefields Developing computation
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David E. Minter |
Synthetic Methodology Total Synthesis of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids Amine-borane Chemistry |
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Jean-Luc Montchamp |
Organophosphorus chemistry Synthetic Methodology Bioorganic and medicinal chemistry Asymmetric synthesis |
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Youngha Ryu |
Protein biochemistry RNA biochemistry Bioorganic Chemistry |
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Benjamin D. Sherman |
Electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry Solar energy conversion Sustainable biomass conversion Materials synthesis |
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Eric Simanek |
Drug design Drug delivery Materials science (OLEDs) Science education (K-16) |