Faculty Research

  • Dr. P.J. Delaney: Enzymology, purification of recombinant proteins
  • Dr. S. deSilva: Molecules that behave as fluorescent switches with cation binding
  • Dr. J.H. Dyer: Plant energy metabolism; Thiolase and Phospholipase D enzymes, Signal transduction and MAP kinases
  • Dr. N.M. Goodey: Enzymology, enzyme kinetics, protein conformational motion
  • Dr. S. Hou: Nanotechnology, Biosensors and Electrochemical Analysis
  • Dr. B.D. Humphrey: The synthesis and characterization of electron transfer molecules.
  • Dr. J.L. Isidor: Organic synthesis of medicinally active compounds. Synthesis of small ring heterocycles.
  • Dr. M.L. Kasner: Relative contributions of the exo- and endo-anomeric effect to the structure of 6-membered rings & computational analysis of the structure of glucose.
  • Dr. D.W. Konas: Organic Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing Compounds, Food Nutrient Analysis, Nitric Oxide Synthase Enzymology
  • Dr. J. Schelvis: Mechanism of DNA repair by DNA photolyase and cryptochrome DASH; Raman spectroscopy of hemoproteins and biological cofactors
  • D. J Siekierka: Parasitic protein kinases as drug targets and the role of HIV Nef protein in viral escape from host anti-viral immune responses.
  • Dr. M.A. Whitener: Preparation and crystallographic study of coordination compounds with ligands that contain hydrogen bonding groups & reparation and characterization of quasiracemates containing transition metal complexes.