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Medicinal chemistry


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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

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Daniel K. Kim
Organic, Inorganic, Biological
Developing new catalytic platforms to tackle challenges in organic synthesis and biology with a large focus on transition metal catalysis

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Michael L. Klein
Theory/Computation
Theoretical and computational methods to study solids, liquids and assemblies of macromolecules, including those relevant to living organisms

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Ronald M. Levy
Theory/Computation
​Computer simulations, statistical mechanics, and modeling to study the structure, function, folding, and dynamics of proteins in solution

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Carol M. Manhart
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Biological
Biochemistry, enzymology, protein-nucleic acid interactions, protein-protein interactions, enzyme kinetics, structural biochemistry, biophysics. Study of enzymes that are therapeutic targets and that have biotechnological applications.

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Chris Schafmeister
Organic
Development of macromolecules capable of acting as catalysts, new therapies and channels

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Scott McN. Sieburth
Organic, Medicinal
​New synthetic methods for synthesis including photochemical and organometallic processes; organosilanols as pharmaceuticals; higher-order photocycloaddition

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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.

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Rongsheng (Ross) Wang
Biological, Organic
Chemical biology, bioorganic chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry: interdisciplinary approaches to elucidate novel biological mechanisms underlying cancer and inflammatory diseases, and to develop related diagnostic and therapeutic agents

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Sarah Wengryniuk
Organic
​Hypervalent iodine chemistry, approaches to medium-sized ring systems, C-H activation, synthesis of bioactive natural products

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