Specialties

Environmental chemistry

Eric Borguet
Physical/Analytical
Nanotechnology and nanoscale processes at interfaces, plasmonics, nonlinear optics, ultrafast dynamics, environmental chemistry, nanomaterials, scanning probe microscopy, sensors for biological and chemical agents
Hai-Lung Dai
Physical/Analytical
Nonlinear optical and spectroscopic/microscopic studies of the structure and dynamics of surfaces and interfaces, colloidal particles, aerosols, nanoparticles, micelles, liposomes and biological cells; structure and dynamics of new energy materials including RTIL, DSSS, and organic crystals and thin films; energy transfer and reactions of highly excited molecule
Susan Jansen-Varnum
Analytical, Inorganic, Education
Inorganic synthesis of chemiluminescent solutions, design/evaluation of materials for liquid and plastic scintillation, science education across the K-20 continuum, profiling urinary creatinine and prostanoids, sex hormones in urine as a profile of biological age
Daniel R. Strongin
Physical/Analytical
Surface science, environmental chemistry, nanoscale chemistry, surface chemistry of geochemical materials; catalysis for energy applications
Yugang Sun
Physical/Analytical
Nanomaterials synthesis, nanofabrication, in-situ and operando characterization, plasmonics, nanophotonics, photocatalysis, electrochemical catalysis, electrochemical energy storage, sensing
Ann M. Valentine
Inorganic, Biological
​​Bioinorganic chemistry: hydrolytically sensitive metal ions and how biology handles them. Metal uptake and transport, potential therapeutic applications, and biomineralization.
Bill Wuest
Organic, Biological
Natural product-inspired approaches for the bioorganic investigation of antibacterial agents
Stephanie L. Wunder
Physical/Analytical
Polymer science, solid electrolytes for energy storage applications, supported lipid bilayer nanoparticles for bioremediation and drug delivery
Michael J. Zdilla
Inorganic
​​Synthetic and mechanistic inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry and crystallography: multi-metal molecular clusters and solid-state systems of fundamental chemical and biological interest, and for energy and materials applications