Biomedical Research Groups

Bogomolni, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biophysical chemistry, photobiology, light energy conversion and signal transduction in biological systems

Crews, Professor of Chemistry
Marine natural products chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, organic structural analysis by NMR, natural products of marine macro- and microorganisms

Deamer, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Membrane biophysics, nanopore analysis of nucleic acids, self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules, astrobiology

Einarsdóttir, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Time-resolved spectroscopy, biophysics and bioenergetics, ligand binding and electron transfer dynamics of redox metalloproteins, heme-copper oxidases, proton translocation

Holman, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bioinorganic and biological chemistry

Konopelski, Professor of Chemistry
Synthetic organic chemistry; heterocyclic chemistry, bio-organic chemistry

Linington, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Marine natural products, drugs for neglected diseases, chemical biology, chemical probes

Lokey, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Organic chemistry; combinatorial synthesis, biotechnology, molecular cell biology

Mascharak, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry 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

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

Partch, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biochemistry and biophysics, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; molecular mechanism of circadian rhythmicity

Rubin, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Faculty Graduate Director
Biochemistry and biophysical chemistry; molecular mechanisms of cell cycle regulation, nuclear magnetic resonance, x-ray crystallography

Schleich, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biomedical magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, biophysical chemistry

Scott, 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.

Stone, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Single-molecule Biophysics and Enzymology; Structure, function, and assembly of the telomerase ribonucleoprotein, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), optical/magnetic trapping, sub-diffraction optical imaging of telomeres and the nucleus