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Department of Chemistry
University of Kentucky
Participating Faculty

Click on the name of the faculty member to see details of a research project specifically tailored for REU students. When applying, please choose projects which capture your interest - you need not have completed coursework in a particular area to be involved in REU research in that area.

Dr. John E. Anthony
   Organic and Materials Chemistry, Organo-Electronic Devices

Dr. David A. Atwood
   Molecules to Materials

Dr. Leonidas G. Bachas
   Biosensor Research and Development

Dr. Carolyn P. Brock
   Molecular Solid-State Chemistry

Dr. D. Allan Butterfield
   Applications of Oxidative Stress Indices and Redox
   Proteomics in Neurodegenerative Disorders

Dr. Art Cammers
   Biomimetic Molecular Design and Investigations of Organic
   Conformation in the Liquid Phase

Dr. Dennis Clouthier
   Applications of Lasers to Chemical Research

Dr. Sylvia Daunert
   Development of Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels

Dr. Robert B. Grossman
   Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Organic Compounds

Dr. Stephen Holmes
   Magnetic Clusters and Molecular Electronics

Dr. Tae Ji
   How to develop ideal hormone drugs with few or no toxic
   side effects ?

Dr. Folami Ladipo
   Applications of Transition Metal Complexes in Organic
   Synthesis and Catalysis

Dr. Robert Lodder
   Sensing in Astrobiology Using Laser Arrays

Dr. Mark A. Lovell
   Molecular Biology, Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry in
   Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging Research

Dr. Bert C. Lynn
   Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry

Dr. Mark S. Meier
   Design and Synthesis of Superstrong Materials

Dr. Anne-Frances Miller
   Enzymatic Catalysis via NMR Spectroscopy

Dr. Sean Parkin
   Crystal and Molecular Structure Determination by
   X-Ray Diffraction

Dr. Jack Selegue
   Organometallic and Materials Chemistry

Dr. Stephen Testa
   RNA as Therapeutic and Target

Dr. Mark Watson
   Partially Fluorinated Organic Materials

Dr. Dong-Sheng Yang
   Laser-assisted Synthesis and Characterization

Dr. Steven W. Yates
   Characterization of Collective Motion of Atomic Nuclei

 

 

 

 

 

 

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