| Faculty Member |
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Areas of Research |
| Bonnie Bassler |
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Cell-to-cell communication in bacteria |
Emily Carter
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Development and application of first principles quantum mechanics based simulation methods for molecules and materials, with particular emphasis on energy applications. |
Frederick Hughson
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Biochemical and structural methods, including X-ray crystallography, applied to macromolecular assemblies that mediate complex biological processes (intracellular trafficking, cell-cell communication). |
| Bruce Koel |
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Surface chemistry and interfacial processes: Heterogeneous catalysis of hydrocarbon conversion; solar photochemistry; electrocatalytic processes; fuel cells; plasma-surface interactions; environmental remediation by iron nanoparticles. |
| Manuel Llinás |
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Using metabolomics approaches to better understand the biochemistry of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Host-pathogen metabolite exchange, understanding the mechanism of action of antimalarial drugs, identifying novel biochemical pathways in the parasite and determining metabolic responses to environmental pressure. Seeking to discover new therapeutics against this disease through an in-depth understanding of parasite specific metabolic pathways. |
| Michael McAlpine |
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Nanotechnology-enabled approaches to medicine and energy. |
| François Morel |
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Metals and their roles in the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen in marine and terrestrial systems. For example, metals such as iron, zinc and cadmium affect the growth of phytoplankton in the sea and hence the export of organic matter to the deep sea. Other metals such as molybdenum and vanadium control the fixation of nitrogen in soils and its availability for plant growth. In both cases metals play a key role in the response of the biosphere on land and in the ocean to increasing atmospheric CO2. |
| Satish Myneni |
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The Earth's surface environment consists of a heterogeneous mixture of mineral oxides and organic macromolecules, which continuously interact with each other and the atmosphere, water and biota. A major goal in environmental geochemistry is to gain a better understanding of interactions between these components in nature, and to apply that knowledge to predict a variety of biogeochemical processes, such as elemental cycling, biological chemistry of elements, and the fate and transport of contaminants. Our research group focuses on understanding these interactions, specifically on their fundamental aspects, such as the structure of water, and solvation/complex formation in aqueous solutions and at natural interfaces. |
| Jeffrey Stock |
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Membrane receptors and signal transduction. |
