Faculty Research Interests:
Please click on each faculty name to learn more about their research interests and current projects.
- Dr. Amanda Case: Physical, Spectroscopy
- Dr. Vivian Feng: Analytical, Bioanalytical, Nanomaterial, and Green Chemistry
- : Atmospheric Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry
- Dr. Joan Kunz: Biophysics (in collaboration with the in Physics)
- Dr. Michael Wentzel: Organometallic Chemistry, Polymers, Green Chemistry
Recent publications聽from Faculty-directed undergraduate research:
- R. Hanson, I. Bier*, B. Panta*, C. N. Jen, P. H. McMurry, 鈥淐omputational Fluid Dynamics Studies of a Flow Reactor: Formation of Sulfuric Acid Clusters with NH卢3 and Dimethyl Amine鈥�, J. Phys. Chem., 2017, doi:10.1021/acs.jpcs.7b00252.
- Tian A. Qiu, Thu Ha Thi Nguyen*, Natalie V. Hudson-Smith, Peter L. Clement, Dona-Carla Forester, Hilena Frew*, Mimi N. Hang, Catherine J. Murphy, Robert J. Hamers, Z. Vivian Feng, and Christy L. Haynes, 鈥淕rowth-Based Bacterial Viability Assay for Interference-Free and High-Throughput Toxicity Screening of Nanomaterials鈥�, Analytical Chemistry, 2017, 89 (3), pp 2057鈥�2064.
- Susan N. Pham, Joshua E. Kuether*, Miranda Gallagher, Rodrigo Tapia Hernandez*, Denise N. Williams, Bo Zhi, Arielle C. Mensch, Robert J. Hamers, Zeev Rosenzweig, Howard Fairbrother, Miriam O.P. Krause, Z. Vivian Feng, Christy L. Haynes, 鈥淐arbon Dots: A modular activity to teach fluorescence and nanotechnology at multiple levels鈥�, Journal of Chemical Education, 2017, 94 (8), pp 1143鈥�1149.
- Fahnhorst, G.W.; Swingen, Z.J.*; Schneiderman, D.K.; Blaquiere, C.S.*; Wentzel, M.T.; Wissinger, J.E. 鈥淪ynthesis and Study of Sustainable Polymers in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory: An Inquiry-Based Experiment Exploring the Effects of Size and Composition on the Properties of Renewable Block Polymers鈥� Green Chemistry Experiments in Undergraduate Laboratories. January 1, 2016, 123-147.
- Jen, C. N., R. Bachman,* J. Zhao, P. H. McMurry, D. R. Hanson, 鈥淒iamine-sulfuric acid reactions are a potent source of new particle formation鈥�,聽Geophys. Res. Lett., 2016, DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066958
- Feng, Z.V.; Chen, W-S.; KeratiThamkul, K.*; Stoick, M.*; Yang, M-L.; Chen-Yang, Y.W. 鈥淒egradable聽electrospun mesoporous silica nanofiber as potential substrate for neuronal tissue engineering鈥�,聽Int. J.聽Nanomedicine, 2016, DOI:聽10.2147/IJN.S93651 .
- Feng, Z.V.; Gunsolus, I.L.; Qiu, T.A.; Hurley, K.R.; Nyberg, L.H.*; Frew, H.*; Johnson, K.P.; Vartanian,聽A.M.; Jacob, L.M.; Lohse, S.E.; Torelli, M.D.; Hamers, R.J.; Murphy, C.J.; Haynes, C.L. 鈥淚mpacts of Gold聽Nanoparticle Charge and Ligand Type on Surface Binding and Toxicity to Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive聽Bacteria鈥�,聽Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 5186-5196.
- Feng, Z.V.; Edelmen, K.R.; Swanson, B.P.* 鈥淪tudent-fabricated microfluidic devices as flow reactors for聽organic and nanomaterial synthesis鈥�,聽J. Chem. Ed., 2015, 92, 723鈭�727.
- Stottrup, B. L., Hernandez, L.H.*, Kunz, J. C., Nguyen, A.H.*, Sonquist, B.J.*, 鈥淐omparison of cholesterol and 25-hydroxycholesterol in phase-separated聽Langmuir monolayers at the air-water interface鈥�,聽J. Phys. Chem. B., 2014, 118 (38), pp 11231-11237.
Interested in Summer Research:
If you are interested in exploring summer research on campus, there is a variety of opportunities:
- Talk to your professors!
- Check out the URGO website for summer research funding application (usually due in Feb)
- Check out the McNair office website to see if you qualify as a McNair Scholar (especially if you are freshmen or sophomore)