Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The following chemistry and biochemistry professors offer undergraduate research opportunities. Undergraduate students can click on each individual for more information.
Recruitment and Retention in Science disciplines, Accessibility of Science, Environmental Chemistry
Safo Aboaku333 Coulter Hall
662-915-4038
saboaku@olemiss.edu
Effective Chemistry Instruction, Magnetostructural Studies of Organic Magnets, Hydrogen Bonding
Saumen Chakraborty305 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 Cizdziel380 Coulter Hall
662-915-1814
cizdziel@olemiss.edu
Biogeochemical Cycling of Mercury, Radioactivity, Environmental Monitoring and Fingerprinting, Analytical Method Development, Forensic Chemistry
Ligand design, Development of Transition Metal-Based Electronic Materials, Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry, and Catalysis
Amala Dass352 Coulter Hall
662-915-1826
amal@olemiss.edu
Gold Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Inorganic, Nanoalloys, X-ray diffraction, HR-TEM
Ryan Fortenberry280 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 Hammer180 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
Jonah W. Jurss379 Coulter Hall
662-915-2003
jwjurss@olemiss.edu
Solar energy conversion, artificial photosynthesis (H2O oxidation, CO2 reduction), surface attachment, catalysis, mechanistic studies
Penghao Li480 Coulter Hall
662-915-5337
penghao@olemiss.edu
Carbon nanoarchitectures, organic electronics, molecular recognition, self-assembly, organic synthesis, physical organic chemistry
Jinchao Lou407 Coulter Hall
662-915-7301
jlou@olemiss.edu
Bio-organic chemistry, chemical biology, nanomaterials, drug delivery, synthetic organic chemistry
Daniell Mattern411 Coulter Hall
662-915-5335
mattern@olemiss.edu
Organic Donor-sigma-Acceptor molecules, fatty acyl analogs of acarnidine, aromatic iodination
Susan Pedigo179 Coulter Hall
662-915-5328
spedigo@olemiss.edu
Biochemistry, stability, calcium binding and dimerization of cadherins
Nucleic acid-protein interaction, DNA/RNA nanostructures, Molecular robotics, Single molecules, Fluorescence & Force spectroscopy
Jason Ritchie309 Coulter Hall
662-915-5329
jritchie@olemiss.edu
Polymeric Electrolytes, Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell Electrolytes, Solid Lithium Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes
Gerald Rowland
Eden Tanner179 Coulter Hall
662-915-7301
eetanner@olemiss.edu
Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Ionic Liquids, Drug Delivery
Randy Wadkins409 Coulter Hall
662-915-7732
rwadkins@olemiss.edu
Biophysical chemistry, molecular dynamics, fluorescence microscopy and imaging, DNA structure and structural transitions, biosensors
John Wiginton