Subject area(s)

Title

Contact

Biology

Field Study of Nestling Fighting in Galapagos Blue-footed Boobies

Dave Anderson [email]

Biology

Flightless beetles in fragmented Appalachian forests

Robert Browne [email]

Biology

Bat/Moth interactions; Insect pheromones

Bill Conner [email]

Biology

Molecular Biology of Protein Synthesis

Jim Curran [email]

Biology

Biochemistry of hormone transport; Development of cellular polarity

Gloria Muday [email]

Biology

Tropical ecology, Amazonian biodiversity, tree sex and life history

Miles Silman [email]

Biology

Neurobiology of the chemical senses

Wayne Silver [email]

Biology

Adaptations to environmental stress in native plants living in extreme environments

Bill Smith [email]

Biology

Evolution experiments in the lab

Cliff Zeyl [email]

Biology, Several subfields

Website describing research projects for undergraduate and graduate students in the Biology Department

Biology faculty members listed on web site

Chemistry, biochemistry

Structure-function studies of protein biosynthesis

Rebecca W. Alexander [email]

Chemistry, bioinorganic and Medicinal

Design and biological evaluation of novel cytostatic and antimetastatic cancer therapeutics

Uli Bierbach [email]

Chemistry, analytical

"High efficiency separations of biomolecules by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection."

Christa Colyer [email]

Chemistry

Solid State Chemistry and Crystal Engineering

Abdou Lachgar [email]

Chemistry

Synthesis of new metallo-organic compounds useful in converting electrical energy to high intensity light (displays); Synthesis of new thiophene compounds with applications in efficient charge storage devices (capacitors, batteries) and in biomedicine; Molecular recognition of biochemically important species using amides and imides.

R. E. Noftle [email]

Computer Science

The Science and Art of Digital Sound, Algorithmic Art, and several other projects integrating computers with music, art, and film.

Jennifer Burg [email]

Health & Exercise Science

Obesity, Weight Loss, and Nutritional Health

Gary D. Miller [email]

Health & Exercise Science; Behavior Science

Weight Loss and Physical Disability in Older Adults

W. Jack Rejeski [email]

Music

Music of Protest and Latin American Music

Pat Dixon [email]

Physics, Atomic & Biophysics

Optical trapping applied to nanomotors and carbon nanotubes/ Molecular motors/ Single-molecule studies

Keith Bonin [email]

Physics, Biophysics, Biochemistry, & Computer Science

Projects in the areas of structure-based drug discovery; molecular mechanics simulations of protein structures and functional sites; biological network modeling

Jacquelyn Fetrow [email]

Physics, Biophysics

Nano- and Biotechnology. Mechanical properties of fibrin fibers.

Martin Guthold [email]

Physics, Biophysics

Observing single molecular motors in action

George Holzwarth [email]

Physics, Biophysics

Studies of nitric oxide and nitric oxide donating agents and their potential use to treat sickle cell anemia

Dany Kim-Shapiro [email]

Physics, Biophysics

Projects in theoretical and computational biophysics

Fred Salsbury [email]

Physics, Computational

Computer modeling and simulations of materials

N. A. W. Holzwarth [email]

Physics, Computational

Ab initio modeling of defects in solids

G. Eric Matthews [email]

Psychology

Color vision in humans; The psychology of sensory systems in humans

James Schirillo [email]