Project Description
- Solar energy conversion and chemical catalysis for renewable energy applications
- Microbial biology for bioenergy and biofuel applications
Qualifications
GPA: honors status
grad school or professional school bound
Course Experience:
inorganic chemistry track
or biochemistry or molecular biology or microbiology tracks
Senior thesis expected or could begin in junior year
Current Undergraduate Researchers
- Zach Maron
- Chris Kaplan
- Jasmina Brescic
- Tom Giordano
- Jennifer Sun
Publications with Undergraduate Co-authors (since 2010)
- Nguyen, T.A., J. Brescic, D.J. Vinyard, T. Chandrasekar, and G.C. Dismukes, Identification of an Oxygenic Reaction Center psbADC Operon in the Cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2012. in press.
- McCool, N.S., D.M. Robinson, J.E. Sheats, and G.C. Dismukes, A co4o4 "cubane" water oxidation catalyst inspired by photosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011. 133(30): p. 11446-9.
Two other manuscripts in preparation with undergraduates.