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New knowledge in chemistry is produced systematically through research. Chemical research is at the core of all Ph.D. programs in chemistry as well as most research and development (R&D) divisions in high technology companies developing products ranging from pharmaceuticals to consumer electronics. Participation in research not only prepares students for these activities, but is also one of the best ways to learn advanced problem solving skills. For these reasons, research is central to our department's mission and many of our faculty have assembled a team of undergraduate and graduate students to actively engaged in the pursuit of new knowledge.

This page contains some basic information about the research interests of our faculty. Several faculty also have research group pages that give more detailed information. If you are interested in exploring the possibility of participating in some of the exciting research projects in our department, the first step is to contact the faculty member(s) with whom you are considering working and inquire about the availability of opportunities. Most faculty prefer to be contacted by e-mail.

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	David Brook Professor Organic Chemistry SCI 166 (408) 924-4994 david.brook@sjsu.edu Brook Research Group Page Synthesis and coordination chemistry of stable free radicals, magnetochemistry, self assembly, and supramolecular chemistry, molecular devices.
	Lionel Cheruzel Professor Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry DH 286 (408) 924-5283 lionel.cheruzel@sjsu.edu Cheruzel Research Group Page Development of hybrid P450 enzymes, photocatalytic chemistry, development of microspherical polymers.
	Philip Dirlam Assistant Professor Organic Chemistry M.S. Polymers and Coating Science, Cal Poly, 2011 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Arizona, 2016 DH 516 (408) 924-4998 philip.dirlam@sjsu.edu
	Daryl Eggers Professor Biochemistry DH 604 (408) 924-4960 daryl.eggers@sjsu.edu Eggers Research Group Page Effects of crowding and solvation on protein folding, CD spectroscopy, biocalorimetry, microscale thermophoresis.
	Nicholas Esker Assistant Professor Nuclear Chemistry, Physical Chemistry B.A. Liberal Arts & Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 2010 Ph.D. Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 2016 DH 501 (408) 924-4950 nicholas.esker@sjsu.edu www.sjsu.edu/esker Nuclear reaction and decay spectroscopy in isotopes far from stability, superheavy element synthesis, thin film preparations for nuclear targetry, nuclear & radiochemistry
	Gianmarc Grazioli Assistant Professor Computational Chemistry gianmarc.grazioli@sjsu.edu Molecular dynamics simulations, coarse-grained modeling, cheminformatics, conformational dynamics of macromolecules, self-assembly, network modeling, signal processing, and artificial intelligence
	Resa Kelly Professor Chemical Education DH 418 (408) 924-4940 resa.kelly@sjsu.edu Kelly Research Group Page How animations of microscopic chemistry concepts affect student learning and influence the correction and creation of misconceptions.
	Brooke Lustig Adjunct Professor Biomedical, Chemical, and Materials Engineering Computational Biochemistry DH 417 (408) 924-4968 brooke.lustig@sjsu.edu Lustig Research Group Page Computation and theoretical methods to characterize entropy and related effects in proteins and RNA, design of potential anti-HIV agents.
	Laura Miller Conrad Assistant Professor Chemical Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry DH 608 (408) 924-4957 laura.miller.conrad@sjsu.edu Miller Conrad Research Group Page Quorum sensing, blocking of virulence factors.
	Gilles Muller Professor Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology DH 412A (408) 924-2632 gilles.muller@sjsu.edu Muller Research Group Page Lanthanides, complexes, circularly polarized luminescence, chirality, thermodynamics, and spectroscopy.
	Roy Okuda Professor Organic Chemistry DH 009A (408) 924-2525 roy.okuda@sjsu.edu Okuda Research Group Page Marine natural products, and enzyme applications.
	Joseph Pesek Emeritus Faculty Analytical Chemistry DH 518 (408) 924-5000 joseph.pesek@sjsu.edu Pesek Research Group Page Chemical modification of surfaces, separation methods.
	Madalyn Radlauer Assistant Professor Organometallic, Inorganic, and Polymer Chemistry DH 517 (408) 924-5482 madalyn.radlauer@sjsu.edu Radlauer Reasearch Group Page Studying catalysis within macromolecular environments by appending transition metal catalysts to organic polymers.
	Alberto A. Rascón, Jr. Associate Professor Biochemistry DH 612 (408) 924-4969 alberto.rascon@sjsu.edu Rascón, Jr. Reasearch Group Page Expression, characterization, and inhibition of mosquito proteases.
	Chester Simocko Assistant Professor Organic and Polymer Chemistry DH 001 (408) 924-5496 chester.simocko@sjsu.edu Simocko Reasearch Group Page Nanotechnology.
	Bradley Stone Professor Emeritus Chemical Physics DH 417 (408) 924-4938 bradley.stone@sjsu.edu Stone Research Group Page Chemical physics, molecular spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence, and molecular astrophysics; detection of complex organic molecules in the interstellar medium.
	Roger Terrill Associate Professor Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry DH 004B (408) 924-4970 roger.terrill@sjsu.edu Terrill Research Group Page Surface, interfacial, and thin film chemistry.
	Annalise Van Wyngarden Associate Professor Physical and Atmospheric Chemistry DH 002 (408) 924-5282 annalise.vanwyngarden@sjsu.edu Van Wyngarden Research Group Page Formation and optical properties of organic coatings on atmospheric aerosols, chemical transformations and photochemistry in aerosols.
	Ningkun Wang Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Chemical Biology DH 607 (408) 924-4955 ningkun.wang@sjsu.edu Wang Research Group Page Protein conformational dynamics, protein-protein interactions, enzyme specificty.
	Abraham Wolcott Assistant Professor Physical Chemistry DH 005A (408) 924-5449 abraham.wolcott@sjsu.edu Wolcott Research Group Page Application of nanotechnology and nanodiamonds in neurobiology.