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).

Faculty Photo	Faculty Name	Research
	Onofrio Annunziata Professor, Physical Chemistry Group Site: http://geo1.tcu.edu/annunziata/ Talks: Current Research Lectures	Macromolecular Chemotaxis Protein Aggregation Diffusion in liquids Thermodynamics of colloidal solutions
	Jeffery 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
	Sergei 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
	Kayla 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 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
	David E. Minter Professor, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Talks: Current Research Lectures	Synthetic Methodology Total Synthesis of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids Amine-borane Chemistry
	Jean-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
	Youngha Ryu Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Bioorganic Chemistry Group Site: http://personal.tcu.edu/yryu/ Talks: Current Research Lectures	Protein biochemistry RNA biochemistry Bioorganic Chemistry
	Benjamin 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
	Eric 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)

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Research