Undergraduate Research Opportunities

The following chemistry and biochemistry professors offer undergraduate research opportunities. Undergraduate students can click on each individual for more information.
 
 
Safo AboakuSafo Aboaku
333 Coulter Hall
662-915-4038
saboaku@olemiss.edu

Effective Chemistry Instruction, Magnetostructural Studies of Organic Magnets, Hydrogen Bonding
 
Saumen Chakraborty
305 Coulter Hall
662-915-2528
saumenc@olemiss.edu

Metalloproteins, Enzymatic fuel cells, Bio-inspired C-H activation, Self-assembly, Foldamers, Nanoclusters, Biological Electron Transfer
 
James Cizdziel
380 Coulter Hall
662-915-1814
cizdziel@olemiss.edu

Biogeochemical Cycling of Mercury, Radioactivity, Environmental Monitoring and Fingerprinting, Analytical Method Development, Forensic Chemistry
 
 
Amala DassAmala Dass
352 Coulter Hall
662-915-1826
amal@olemiss.edu

Gold Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Inorganic, Nanoalloys, X-ray diffraction, HR-TEM
 
Ryan Fortenberry, Assistant ProfessorRyan Fortenberry
280 Coulter Hall
662-915-1687
r410@olemiss.edu  

Astrochemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Radicals, Anions, Noble Gas Molecules, Sulfur Species, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Premineral Molecules, Science Communication
 
Nathan HammerNathan Hammer
180 Coulter Hall
662-915-3989
nhammer@olemiss.edu

Spectroscopy, Energy and Charge Transfer, Physical Properties and Structures of Single Molecules and Small Clusters of Molecules and Ions, Chemical Education
 
Dr. JurssJonah W. Jurss
379 Coulter Hall
662-915-2003
jwjurss@olemiss.edu

Solar energy conversion, artificial photosynthesis (H2O oxidation, CO2 reduction), surface attachment, catalysis, mechanistic studies
 
Penghao Li
479 Coulter Hall
662-915-5337
penghao@olemiss.edu

Ccarbon nanoarchitectures, organic electronics, molecular recognition, self-assembly, organic synthesis, physical organic chemistry
 

Daniell MatternDaniell Mattern
411 Coulter Hall
662-915-5335
mattern@olemiss.edu

Organic Donor-sigma-Acceptor molecules, fatty acyl analogs of acarnidine, aromatic iodination
 
Susan PedigoSusan Pedigo
179 Coulter Hall
662-915-5328
spedigo@olemiss.edu

Biochemistry, stability, calcium binding and dimerization of cadherins
 
 
Jason RitchieJason Ritchie
309 Coulter Hall
662-915-5329
jritchie@olemiss.edu

Polymeric Electrolytes, Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell Electrolytes, Solid Lithium Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes
 
GeraldGerald Rowland
105 Coulter Hall
662-915-2781
rowland@olemiss.edu

Organic synthesis
 
 
Kerri ScottKerri Scott
332 Coulter Hall
662-915-5334
kscott@olemiss.edu

Chemical Education
 
 
Dr. Eden TannerEden Tanner
179 Coulter Hall
662-915-7301
eetanner@olemiss.edu

Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Ionic Liquids, Drug Delivery
 
 
Dr. TschumperGregory Tschumper
281 Coulter Hall
662-915-1687
tschumpr@olemiss.edu

Physical Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Noncovalent Interactions, Hydrogen Bonding, Van der Waals Forces
 
Randy Wadkins, Associate Professor of Chemistry &amp, BiochemistryRandy Wadkins
409 Coulter Hall
662-915-7732
rwadkins@olemiss.edu

Biophysical chemistry, molecular dynamics, fluorescence microscopy and imaging, DNA structure and structural transitions, biosensors
 
John WigintonJohn Wiginton
223A Coulter Hall
662-915-1553
jfwigint@olemiss.edu

Chemical Education