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FACULTY & STAFF
FACULTY
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Dr. Jerome E. Haky
Associate Professor and
Interim Department Chair
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1981
hakyj@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Chemical education research.
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Patrick Ande
Visiting Instructor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
MS Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1975
pande@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Synthesis and characterization of metal and organometallic polymers, bioactive polymeric materials.
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Research interests:
Chemical education research.
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Dr. Daniel T. de Lill
Assistant Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., The George Washington University, 2008
ddelill@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Design and synthesis of inorganic materials including coordination polymers/metal-organic frameworks and nanomaterials, lanthanide chemistry and spectroscopy (visible, near infrared (NIR), upconversion), nanomaterials in bioimaging, small molecule X-ray crystallography.
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Dr. Deguo Du
Assistant Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2006
ddu@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Biochemistry and molecular biophysics, protein folding, molecular basis of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases, protein engineering, biosensor and bio-imaging to probe protein folding and amyloid formation in vivo.
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Dr. Alberto Haces
Instructor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1982
ahaces@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Chemical education, development of diagnostic systems using enzymes and DNA probes, cell differentiation agents, nucleic acids transfection reagents, new methods of organic synthesis, and medicinal chemistry.
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Research interests:
Previously, studies on the kinetics and mechanisms of substitution, isomerization and electron transfer reactions of first row transition metal complexes, particularly cobalt(III) complexes with chromium(II) complexes. Also, investigations of the sequence specificity of cobalt(III) complexes with self-complementary DNA oligonucleotides. Currently teaching general chemistry courses.
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Research interests:
Development of synthetic organic methods, the total synthesis of complex natural products and related analogs for structure activity relationship studies, and the development of expedited synthesis techniques to facilitate small-molecule library production.
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Dr. J. William Louda
Senior Scientist, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 1993
blouda@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Environmental biogeochemistry, chlorophylls, carotenoids, phycobiliproteins and sunscreen pigments, microalgal community assessment and water quality.
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Dr. Frank Mari
Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1991
mari@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Isolation and characterization of peptides and proteins of marine origin, structure and dynamics of peptides and proteins of marine origin using NMR methods and computational methods for the analysis of structure-activity relationships of biomolecules.
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Dr. Evonne Rezler
Assistant Scientist, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. University of Sydney, 2001
erezler@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Chemical education research.
Spectroscopic studies of biomolecules. |
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Dr. Stéphane P. Roche
Assistant Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., Université Blaise Pascal, 2006 (France)
sroche2@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Development of new 'bio-inspired' and asymmetric methodologies using dearomatization, dimerization and cascade strategies and their application to concise total syntheses of biologically active natural products.
Further specific design of small molecules using the developed methods will provide access to larger portfolio of drug like molecules for biological screening.
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Dr. Patricia Snyder
Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1970
snyder@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Physical chemistry, molecular spectroscopy (vacuum ultraviolet region), and electronic structure of molecules.
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Research interests:
Optical spectroscopy of biomolecules, bioanalytical applications of Raman spectroscopy, Raman microscopy of living cells and tissues for detection of cancer and other diseases, mechanisms of molecular binding to DNA and oxygenase active site structure, catalysis mechanisms and kinetics.
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Dr. Lyndon West
Associate Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., Victoria Univ. of Wellington, New Zealand, 2001
lwest@fau.edu
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Research interests:
Discovery of pharmacologically-active metabolites from marine invertebrates, anti-cancer and anti-microbial agents, use of stem cells in developing new drugs for cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and development of novel approaches for the separation and characterization of marine natural products to accelerate the discovery of drug leads.
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