Faculty Labs and Research

Professor Kravchenko is studying low temperature (millikelvin) properties of low-dimensional electron systems by means of transport, capacitance, thermopower, and magnetization measurements.

Professor Sridhar has published more than 200 articles on his work in nanomedicine, neurotechnology, nanophotonics, metamaterials, quantum chaos, superconductivity and collective excitations in materials. Watch a short video about the Sridhar Lab.

Through integrative education and collaboration between undergraduate chemistry students and faculty mentors, RAISE continues the teaching curriculum beyond the classroom and into the real world.

Professor Budil’s group is interested in the physical behavior of macromolecules, including both synthetic polymers and biopolymers such as large proteins. Their principal investigative tool is electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, including very high-frequency ESR.

Research in the Makowski Lab focuses on Image and signal processing as applied to biophysical data designed to answer fundamental questions about the molecular basis of living systems, and progression of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Research in the Stubbins Lab focuses on environmental chemistry, geochemistry, the carbon cycle, freshwater, coastal and ocean biogeochemistry, feedbacks between natural biogeochemical cycles and climate change, permafrost, black carbon, and aquatic microplastics.

Yunrong Chai’s lab is interested in understanding fundamental mechanisms controlling bacterial biofilm formation and the role of beneficial biofilms in bacteria-host interactions. They are also interested in inhibitory mechanisms targeting key processes during bacterial biofilm development.

The Geisinger Lab investigates the molecular basis of antibiotic resistance and disease development in infections with hospital-acquired pathogens.

Oyinda Oyelaran is the co-PI of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology department’s NSF-REU site program.

The Day Lab investigates the molecular role of G quadruplex DNA in genome stability and human disease.  

Research in the Mattos Lab focuses on understanding the rules that govern the recognition, assembly and function of macromolecular complexes.

Khrapko’s Lab is studying mutations in mtDNA and their effects on cellular physiology, aging and disease. They also use mtDNA mutations to trace mtDNA lineages and to study human evolution.