 |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California
230 Physical Sciences Bldg.
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-4002
Fax: (831) 459-2935
Email
Maps & Directions
|
|
|
Faculty Research Interests
[Faculty contact list with office hours]
Roger W. Anderson, Professor of Chemistry
Experiments and theory for low temperature, light-activated chemical vapor deposition, achromatic focusing of molecules with external electric fields, discrete orthoganol polynomials in molecular collision theory, fractal geometry structural measures for large molecules
Frank C. Andrews, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Statistical Mechanics, Effect of a Person's Values on His or Her Experience, Experimental Education
Ilan Benjamin, Professor of Chemistry
Theoretical chemistry, molecular dynamics of chemical reactions in liquids and at interfaces
Claude F. Bernasconi, Professor of Chemistry
Kinetic studies of fast reactions, organic reaction mechanisms, acid-base catalysis, proton transfers, nucleophilic reactions, organometallic reactions, ab initio molecular orbital calculations
Roberto A. Bogomolni, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair of Biochemistry
Biophysical chemistry, photobiology, light energy conversion and signal transduction in biological systems
Rebecca Braslau, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Synthetic organic chemistry, new synthetic methodology using free radicals; nitroxides, nitroxide-mediated "living" polymerizations, functionalized polymers, designed polymers for applications in nanotechnology
Joseph F. Bunnett, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Organic Chemistry
Shaowei Chen, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Synthesis, characterization, and manipulation of novel functional nanomaterials (metals and semiconductors); their long-range ordered assemblies and related nanoscale electron transfer; applications in fuel cells, photovoltaics and electronic devices
Phillip Crews, Professor of Chemistry
Marine natural products chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, organic structural analysis by NMR, natural products of marine macro- and microorganisms
David W. Deamer, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Membrane biophysics, nanopore analysis of nucleic acids, self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules, astrobiology
Ólöf Einarsdóttir, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department Chair
Time-resolved spectroscopy, biophysics and bioenergetics, ligand binding and electron transfer dynamics of redox metalloproteins, heme-copper oxidases, proton translocation
Anthony L. Fink, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Molecular basis of protein deposition diseases – for example, Parkinson’s disease and amyloidoses; development of drugs to prevent protein deposition, protein folding, and aggregation; biophysical studies of protein structure
Theodore Holman, Professor of Chemistry
Bioinorganic and biological chemistry
David S. Kliger, Professor of Chemistry, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Time-resolved laser spectroscopy, biophysics, studies of visual transduction, protein function, and protein folding
Joseph P. Konopelski, Professor of Chemistry
Synthetic organic chemistry; heterocyclic chemistry, bio-organic chemistry
Yat Li, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Experimental physical chemistry, Materials chemistry, Nanomaterials, Nanoscale photonics and electronics
Roger Linington, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Marine Natural Products, Drugs for Neglected Diseases, Chemical Biology, Chemical Probes
Scott Lokey, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Organic chemistry; combinatorial synthesis, biotechnology, molecular cell biology
Pradip K. Mascharak, Professor of Chemistry and Faculty Undergraduate Advisor
Bioinorganic chemistry, design of antitumor drugs, modeling of active sites of metalloenzymes, design of catalysts for hydrocarbon oxidation, studies on intermediates in non-heme oxygenase chemistry, design of NO-donors for photodynamic therapy
Glenn L. Millhauser, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Electron spin resonance; nuclear magnetic resonance, melanocortin receptor signaling, agouti and agouti-related proteins, prions, solid phase protein synthesis
Scott Oliver, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Materials chemistry, microporous materials, polymer templating, self-assembled monolayers for thin film devices
Seth Rubin, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Biochemistry and biophysical chemistry; molecular mechanisms of cell cycle regulation, nuclear magnetic resonance, x-ray crystallography
Thomas W. Schleich, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biomedical magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, biophysical chemistry
William G. Scott, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Three-dimensional atomic structure and function of ribozymes, enzymes, and RNA-protein complexes, static and time-resolved X-ray crystallography, development of structure-based anti-viral agents, RNA evolution, origin of catalysis, and the origin of life. Research group's web site
Bakthan Singaram, Professor of Chemistry
Organic synthesis, organoborane chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, biosensors, and natural products chemistry
Eugene Switkes, Professor of Chemistry
Quantum theory applied to problems in chemistry and biochemistry; visual information processing, spatial vision, color vision
Stanley M. Williamson, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Inorganic Chemistry, Fluorine Chemistry, Synthesis, New Ligands
W. Todd Wipke, Professor of Chemistry
Molecular engineering for drug discovery, computational high-throughput screening, QSAR, virtual library design; improving cancer chemotherapy. Research web site
Jin Z. Zhang, Professor of Chemistry and Faculty Graduate Director
Design, synthesis, characterization and application of nanomaterials, including semiconductor, metal, and metal oxides; femtosecond laser and optical spectroscopy; ultrafast dynamics in condensed phases and at interfaces; solar energy conversion and hydrogen generation and storage; cancer biomarker detection.
Affiliates
Kenneth W. Bruland, Professorr of Ocean Sciences
Chemical oceanography; biogeochemistry of trace metals and radionuclides, aquatic chemistry and geochemistry
A. Russell Flegal, Professor of Environmental Toxicology
Anthropogenic perturbations of biogeochemical cycle
Donald R. Smith, Professor of Environmental Toxicology
Molecular, cellular, and organismal responses to metals. Neurotoxicology and therapeutic treatment of metal poisoning
Lecturers
Glenn Eberhart
Daniel Palleros
Randa Roland
Kimberly White
|
