Chemistry & Biochemistry| Brooklyn Campus

Faculty

	Azzedine Bensalem, Chair Inorganic and Solid State Chemistry Sol-gel synthesis of: 1)Transition metal oxides and lithiated metal oxides for Li battery application 2)Metal phosphates (layered and zeolite type structures), and hydroxyapatite 3)Carbon/metal oxides and their combustion properties 4)Hydromagnetite (smoke-reducing inorganic agents)

	Mrinal K. Bhattacharjee Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bacterial Genetics Plasmid Biology

	Denise Chung Biochemistry Protein structure and oncogenesis and Xenopus laevis

	Bob Danziger Physical Chemistry Laser Photochemistry Polymer Chemistry

	Edward J. Donahue Physical Chemistry Chemical vapor deposition of biologically inert materials on prosthetics

	Jonathan D. Gough Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Chemical Biology Synthesis of biologically active molecules Analysis of their biological activity

	Glen D. Lawrence Inorganic and Biochemistry Oxy radical reactions with molecules of biological significance Biomedical and pharmaceutical analysis

	Hannia Lujan-Upton Organic and Polymer Chemistry Investigation of the free radical gelling mechanism of biomaterials Nearest-neighbor local configuration effects vs. long-range chain effects in tactic polyacids

	Nikita Matsunaga Physical and Computational Chemistry Molecular electronics Role of intersystem crossing in chemical reactions Aggregate molecular assembly as drug and DNA delivery vehicle Anhamonic and mode-coupled molecular vibration

	Donald W. Rogers, Emeritus Physical and Computational Chemistry Thermodynamics Molecular structure Computational Chemistry

	Wayne F. K. Schnatter Organic Chemistry Stoichiometric cyclization/cycloaddition reagents

	Alexander M. Shedrinsky Organic Chemistry and Art Conservation Application of pyrolysis to art conservation

	Alvin Siegel Physical Chemistry & Chemical Oceanography Chemical oceanography - trace metals and organic chelators Environmental issues - climate change - emphasis on chemical issues

	Samuel Watson Organic Chemistry Design and synthesis of peptidomimetic inhibitors of farnesyl transferase Synthesis of natural products: Makaluvamines and Wakayin

	Nadarajah Vasanthan Physical and Polymer Chemistry Crystallization of polymers Spectroscopy of polymers Formation of inclusion compounds

	Andreas A. Zavitsas Physical Organic Chemistry Organic Free radical reactions Thermodynamics and kinetics Semi-empirical MO calculations Phenolic resins