KU: REU - Research Projects - Department of Chemistry

Choosing a Research Project

Titles of research projects available for summer 2012 REU participants are listed below. Click on the title to obtain a brief description of each project, and click on the faculty member’s name to learn more about his or her background and research interests. Identify the three projects that sound most interesting to you. When you fill out the on-line application form, you will be asked to list the faculty members who would serve as your mentor on those projects.

REU Research Abstract (Acrobat format)	Faculty
Allylpalladium mpolung strategies: Development of new Pd-catalyzed multi-component reactions for organic synthesis	Helena C. Malinakova Associate Professor
Azulene-based organometallics relevant to molecular electronics	Mikhail V. Barybin Associate Professor
Capturing the Sun: Colloidal quantum dot solar inks and their renewable energy applications	Shenqiang Ren Assistant Professor
Characterizing order-disorder transitions in natively disordered proteins	David Weis Assistant Professor
Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry	Krzysztof Kuczera Professor
Culture and Stimulation of Macrophage Cells (RAW 264.7) for the Production of Reactive Nitrogen and Reactive Oxygen Species	Sue Lunte Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor
1. Development Of Microanalytical Techniques For Biomedical Analysis 2. Studies Of Oxidative Stress By Microdialysis Sampling And Microseparation Techniques	Craig Lunte Professor
Determining the Structure, Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Solid-Liquid Interfaces and Grain Boundaries by Computer Simulation	Brian B. Laird Professor
1. Development of new synthetic methodologies of small cycles 2. Soluble polymers with tunable properties: Novel platforms for catalyst immobilization	Michael Rubin Assistant Professor
Digital Microfluidic Single Molecule/Cell Analysis: Towards Quantitative Biology and Medicine	Yong Zeng Assistant Professor
Glycosylation analysis in glycoproteins using enzymatic digestion and mass spectrometry	Heather Desaire Professor
Green synthesis via decarboxylative coupling.	Jon Tunge Professor
Investigation into the coordination of transition metals to a novel tripeptide motif	Jennifer Laurence Associate Professor
Investigations of bio-inspired transition metal catalysts	Timothy A. Jackson Assistant Professor
LOV Domain Signaling.	Carey K. Johnson Professor
Measuring Neurotransmitter Release and Uptake in Huntington’s disease and Fragile X Syndrome	Michael A. Johnson Assistant Professor
Molecular basis of bacterial heme thievery	Mario Rivera Professor, David Benson, Associate Professor
Molecular dynamics simulations of nanoconfined solvents	Ward Thompson Professor
Nanoscale investigations of electronic properties of organic thin films	Cindy L. Berrie Associate Professor
New methods for the Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles	Jeff Aubé Professor
Optical Sensing using Laser Spectroscopy at the Single Molecule Level	Bob Dunn Professor
Phosphate tether-mediated approaches to bioactive natural product synthesis	Paul R. Hanson Professor
Reaction dynamics of molecular switches	Chris Elles Assistant Professor
Rapid, Controlled Release of Neurotransmitters, Nucleotides & Other Bioactive Substrates	Richard S. Givens Emeritus Professor
Ruthenium carbide Chemistry	Joseph A. Heppert Professor
Structure-function study of lysyl oxidase-family of proteins in breast cancer metastasis	Minae Mure Assistant Professor
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry	Shih-I Chu Watkins Distinguished Professor

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