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Organic Chemistry is broadly defined as the study of the
compounds of carbon and includes a variety of subfields including:
Polymer Chemistry, the study of giant molecules (e.g., nylon
and kevlar) made by coupling together many, much smaller molecules;
Natural Products Chemistry, the synthesis of compounds based
on those found in nature (e.g., cholesterol, estrogens, and taxol)
and it's closely related field, Pharmacognosy, focused on
the identification and characterization of compounds isolated from
plants; as well as Heterocyclic Chemistry, the study of compounds
(e.g. caffeine and morphine) that have at least one ring incorporating
atoms other than carbon (e.g., nitrogen, sulfur).
In addition, a large number of related fields, such as Medicinal
Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry,
Pharmacology and Toxicology all rely on a clear
understanding of the fundamentals of Organic Chemistry.
Faculty with a focus in Organic Chemistry include the following
(explanation of the symbols, *, §, ‡ are listed below):
Adeboye Adejare, Ph.D. *
Drug targeting
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Chemistry of fluoroaromatic compounds
Pharmaceutical profiling
Elisabetta Fasella, Ph.D. §
Bioorganic chemistry
Enzyme catalysis
Alfonso R. Gennaro (Emeritus), Ph.D.
Analytical drug detection development
Drug interactions
Free radical initiation of drug decomposition
Joel M. Kauffman (Emeritus), Ph.D.
Synthesis of new drugs
Fluorescent laser dyes
Fluorescent stains for microscopy
Exposing fraud in mainstream medicine
Yumee K. Koo, Ph.D. §
Chemical education
Protein interactions
James R. Mckee, Ph.D. ‡
Chemistry of the trihalomethyl group
Isonitrile antibiotics
Chemical education
Guillermo Moyna, Ph.D. ‡
Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy
Computational chemistry
Computer-assisted rational drug design
Charles J. Thoman (Emeritus), Ph.D.
Chemistry of sydnones and derivatives
Chemistry/biochemistry of Polysorbate 80
Synthesis of potential anticancer/antiviral drugs
Murray Zanger (Emeritus), Ph.D.
Organic syntheses
Medicinal chemistry
Proton NMR
| Research Advising Ability |
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May serve as a research advisor for undergraduate students |
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Research Professors from other departments who may serve as
research advisors for graduate students in their appropriate
area of expertise |
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May serve as a research advisor for both undergraduate and
graduate students |
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