Group News:

May 2008: Congratulations to Manish for winning the 2008 Chemistry Department Fast Start Award.

April 2008: Funding by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund has been awarded for the group's research.

September 2007: Marc's paper with the Crooks Group has been accepted for publication in Chem. Materials.

September 2007: Manish Sethi and Max Ratnikov join the Knecht Group as graduate students.

July 2007: Marc Knecht joins the Chemistry Department at the University of Kentucky.
 

  

 
Welcome to the Knecht Group

Research in the Knecht Group focuses on the use of biological macromolecules to construct nanomaterials for specifically targeted applications. These applications include bioremediation, catalysis, drug delivery, and materials design. We use a wide variety of biological, chemical, and material synthetic strategies to design and engineer specific functionalities into our materials that can be exploited for the desired process. The ultimate
goal of our research is to understand the relationship between the material and its function through structure-function analyses. Please follow the above links for more information.

 
Postdoctoral Postion: A postdoctoral postion is available for the synthesis and characterization of biologically based nanomaterials. A strong synthetic and characterization background is preferred. Please contact Professor Knecht with a cover letter describing your relevant background. Also, a CV, a selection of representative publications, and a list of three references is required.