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| Dr. Ted Fox | Associate Professor in Biology | ||
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Ph. D. - University of Maryland Postdoc - Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Plant biochemistry and biotechnology. Biochemical adaptations to abiotic stresses |
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| Dr. Michael T. Huggins | Associate Professor in Chemistry | ||
Ph. D. - University of Nevada, Reno Postdoc - University of Texas at Austin Research Interests: Organic Chemistry. Study of weak interactions (hydrogen bonding, B-B stacking, etc) in small molecule model systems in solution and the solid state as a method to control molecular recognition events. |
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| Dr. Wade Jeffrey | Professor in Biology | ||
Ph.D. Marine Science University of South Florida Research Interests: Marine Microbiology, Effects of ultraviolet radiation on marine microbes, DNA damage and repair in the environment, Ozone Depletion, Microbial Community Structure and Function |
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| Dr. Arun Timothy Royappa | Associate Professor in Chemistry | ||
Ph.D. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postdoc - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Interests: 1) Synthesis of new hyperbranched polymers by cationic polymerization, 2) Derivatization of hyperbranched polyethers, 3) Novel routes to self-doped conducting polymers, especially sulfonated polyanilines, and 4) Mathematical modeling of multivariable datasets, e.g., in paper processing and in empirical diatomic interaction potentials. |
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| Dr. Phillip E. Ryals | Associate Professor in Biology | ||
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Ph. D. - University of Alabama Postdoc - University of Texas at Austin; University of Kentucky Research Interests: Lipid biochemistry and metabolism, Membrane protein biochemistry, Transmembrane signaling, Molecular control of cytodifferentiation in lower eukaryotes. |
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| Dr. Pam Vaughan | Assistant Professor in Chemistry | ||
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Ph. D. - University of Maryland Postdoc - Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA Research Interests: photochemical reactivity of natural waters components including CDOM (colored dissolved organic matter) and anthropogenic pollutants such as quinone-containing pesticides; use of radical-trapping to quantify photochemically produced reactive oxygen species (i.e. hydroxyl radical and superoxide); examination of the effects of photochemically produced ROS on bacterial growth with several commonly occurring bacteria maintained in culture.
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