Faculty Highlights

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  Norris Published

  Michael Norris, assistant professor of the chemistry, and Julie Pollock, associate professor of the chemistry, in collaboration with undergraduate authors published "Unravelling the role of [Ru(bpy)2(OH2)2]2+ complexes in Photo-Activated Chemotherapy" in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.

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  Pollock Published

  Julie Pollock, associate professor of the chemistry, and Michael Norris, assistant professor of the chemistry, in collaboration with undergraduate authors published "Unravelling the role of [Ru(bpy)2(OH2)2]2+ complexes in Photo-Activated Chemotherapy" in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.

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  Parish Awarded

  Carol Parish, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair in Chemistry, is the principal investigator in a grant award of nearly $250K from the National Institutes of Health to purchase a high performance computer for biomedical research. This grant will support 11 faculty and 70+ research students from biology, chemistry, and psychology. Learn more.

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  Leopold Selected

  Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, received the 2022 Outstanding Mentorship Award from the Chemistry Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

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  Johnson and Undergraduate Students Published

  Miles Johnson, associate professor of chemistry, with undergraduates Julia Vidlak and Nihal Sriramaneni, published a paper "Synthesis of pyrrole-based PSiP pincer ligands and their palladium, rhodium, and platinum complexes" in Dalton Transactions. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Ozerov group at TAMU.

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  Norris, Pierce, and Undergraduates Published

  Michael Norris, assistant professor of chemistry, and B. Daniel Pierce, assistant professor of biology, along with undergraduate students and former students, published "Mechanistic Analysis of the VirA Sensor Kinase in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Using Structural Models," in Frontiers in Microbiology.

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  Downey Published

  Wade Downey, professor of chemistry, and undergraduate students published "Friedel–Crafts Addition of Indoles to Nitrones Promoted by Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate" in The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

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  Downey Published

  Wade Downey, professor of chemistry, and undergraduate students published "One-Pot Synthesis of 2-Methylfurans from 3-(Trimethylsilyl)propargyl Acetates Promoted by Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate" in Tetrahedron Letters.

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  Leopold Published

  Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, with undergraduates Quang Minh "Harry" Dang, Sam Gilmore, Karthik Lalwani, RJ Conk; and Dr. Jeff Simpson, director of NMR support, published a paper entitled "Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Halogen Bonding Capability — An Avenue for Molecular Detection Schemes," in the journal Langmuir. The work was selected to be featured as the cover article for the journal.

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  Simpson Published

  Jeff Simpson, director of NMR and Computational Support, and Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, with undergraduates Quang Minh "Harry" Dang, Sam Gilmore, Karthik Lalwani, RJ Conk; published a paper entitled "Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Halogen Bonding Capability — An Avenue for Molecular Detection Schemes," in the journal Langmuir. The work was selected to be featured as the cover article for the journal.