Dr. Martin Bakker and Dr. James Harris have received a $520,000 grant entitled: “spectroscopic and kinetic interrogation of organometallic complexes encapsulated in zeolites for gas-phase alkane oxidation catalysis,” from the National Science Foundation. The project seeks to understand the pathways by which phthalocyanines isolated into the cages of zeolites catalyze oxidation reactions.
A paper published by Prof. David A. Dixon, the Robert Ramsay Chair, and his collaborators Dr. John Gibson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and Prof. Kirk Peterson (Washington State University) entitled “Activation of water by pentavalent actinide dioxide cations: Characteristic curium reveal by a reactivity turn after americium” Inorg. Chem. 58 (2019) 14005 was recently highlighted by the Department of Energy. The joint experimental and theoretical work was aimed at understanding the gas-phase reaction of the actinide dioxide cations with water. […]
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March 16, 2020 Dr. Patrick Frantom and his collaborators, Dr. Jack Dunkle and Dr. Wayne Outten (University of South Carolina), have received news that their National Institutes of Health R01 proposal entitled: “Conformational dynamics and allosteric regulation during stress-responsive metallocofactor assembly” has been renewed for another four years. Their work combines biochemical, structural, and genetic approaches to better understand how bacterial systems regulate the formation and trafficking of essential iron-sulfur cluster cofactors. March 18, 2020 Dr. Matt Thompson in collaboration […]
Kevin Shaughnessy is spending the spring semester in Łódź, Poland as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. The Fulbright program is supported by the State Department in collaboration with the Polish-US Fulbright Commission. The goal of the Fulbright program is to promote cultural exchange between the US and foreign countries by students, researchers, and scholars. Dr. Shaughnessy is being hosted by Dr. Piotr Kaszynski at the Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Studies (CMMS) of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Łódź. Dr. […]
REU 2018 Participants Name School Professor Research Focus Athina Amanor Spring Hill College Dr. Dunkle “Determining the Role of Sequence and Structure of the C-Terminal Domain in Erythromycin Resistant Methyltransferase Function” Gabrielle Covey University of Alabama Dr. Bonizzoni “Fluorescent Turn-on Sensors for Transition Metal Ions” Morgan Fair Tuskegee University Dr. Bowman “Binding of Molecules to Cytochrome P450” Myles Harris North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Gupta “Pulsed Laser Deposition and Characterization of Magnetic Oxide Thin Films” Breanna Holmes Mississippi College […]
Name School Professor Research Focus Sarah Altman University of Texas-San Antonio Dr. Papish Anticancer Ruthenium Compounds Victoria Arau Gordon College Dr. Pan Nanoelectrochemistry for imaging and sensing Bailee Barrett University of Tennessee-Martin Dr. Szulczewski New ways to detect explosives Joseph Burke University of the Cumberlands Dr. Shaughnessy New palladium catalysts for bond-forming reactions Shantal Garcia Swarthmore College Dr. Gupta Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films and Nanocrystals Jackson Gunter University of Alabama Dr. Pan Developing nanostructured semiconductor electrode for […]