Faculty Highlights

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  O'Neal Published

  Will O'Neal, director of organic chemistry laboratories, published his book Exercises for the General, Organic, & Biochemistry Laboratory, 2nd Edition, with Morton Publishing.

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  Hamm and Wu published

  Michelle Hamm, Professor of Chemistry, and Eugene Wu, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, along with six student co-authors, have published a paper in the journal DNA Repair entitled "The Importance of Ile716 toward the Mutagenicity of 8-Oxo-2?-deoxyguanosine with Bacillus Fragment DNA Polymerase."

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  Johnson and Donald Published

  Miles Johnson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and Kelling J. Donald, Professor of Chemistry, published On Transannulation in Azaphosphatranes: Synthesis and Theoretical Analysis in Inorganic Chemistry
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  Carol Parish Awarded NSF Grant

  Carol Parish is partnering with colleagues at VCU and the University of Florida for a nearly $1m National Science Foundation-funded project to develop a central portal for the molecular sciences. Learn more here.

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  Rebello de Sousa Dias Published Dr. Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias published the article "Alloying: A Platform for Metallic Materials with On-Demand Optical Response" in the Accounts of Chemical Research.
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  Johnson Awarded

  Dr. Miles Johnson has been awarded a $55,000 grant from The American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for his project using nickel as a metal catalyst to develop new chemical compounds.

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  Pollock & Leopold Published

  Dr. Julie Pollock and Dr. Leopold along with three undergraduate students published an article on the development of biosensors for clinical applications in Sensors.

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  Leopold & Pollock Published

  Dr. Leopold and Dr. Julie Pollock along with three undergraduate students published an article on the development of biosensors for clinical applications in Sensors.

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  Pollock Published Dr. Julie Pollock published an article on her cancer research using phosphorus which has been picked up by more than a dozen additional outlets, including Newsweek and Phys.org.
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  Pollock Published Julie Pollock and two undergraduate researchers published "Synthesis and characterization of hydrogen peroxide activated estrogen receptor beta ligands" in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry and the graphical abstract is featured on the cover.