| Faculty / Office / Phone / Research Area | Current Projects |
|---|---|
| Gabriela Chilom / SET 427 / 435-652-7766 / Environmental Chemistry | ∙ Quantifying the interaction between soil and organic amendments. ∙ Carbon storage potential of desert soils. ∙ Analytical methods for measuring contaminate in soils. |
| Rico Del Sesto / SET 425 / 435-652-7767 / Materials Chemistry | ∙ Design and synthesis of new liquids that exhibit responses to optical and magnetic fields for applications in chemistry and materials science. ∙ Development of amphiphilic pharmaceutical- and biomolecule-based materials to improve efficacy and bioavailability, including materials based on cannabinoids and similar naturally-occurring terpene-based compounds. |
| Jennifer Meyer / SET 428 / 435-879-4283 / Biochemistry | ∙ Synthesis of Pterostilbene derivatives to improve antioxidant capacity and/or reduce cell proliferation. ∙ The potential synergistic effects of dabrafenib and pterostilbene on melanoma cell proliferation. ∙ The effect of pterostilbene and its derivatives endothelial function under hyperglycemic conditions |
| Diana Reese / SNOW 218 / 435-652-7774 / Computational Chemistry | ∙ Structure and dynamics of cyclic amino-borane complexes |
| Wendy Schatzberg / SET 426 / 435-879-4374 / Chemical Education | ∙ Investigation into nanomaterial properties and structures formed in biological and vacuum systems using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). ∙ Chemistry education research into metacognition prompts, relationships between learning gains and student acheivement, misconceptions, and assessment |
| Md Motiur Mazumder / Snow 219 / 435-879-4377 / Inorganic Chemistry | ∙ Synthesis, characterization, and analysis of materials (ion membranes, organic/inorganic molecules) for redox flow batteries and electro catalysis. ∙ Renewable energy harvesting and storing are the greater interest of my research. |
2024
The Emerald Conference: The 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Cannabis Science and Psychedelics Even in San Diego, CA, April
National American chemical society (ACS) meeting in New Orleans, LA in March.1
2023
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Conference in Seattle, March
2022
ACS Regional Meeting Las Vegas, October
Chicago National ACS Meeting August
West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference in San Diego, CA at Point Loma Nazarene University on April 9, 2022.
Presenting on The Oxidative State of Red Blood Cells under Hyperglycemia Conditions and the Impact of Pterostilbene advised by Jennifer Meyer
E. Shelton*, D. Johnson presenting soil organic matter: quantifying the potential for carbon sorption of local soils advised by Gabriela Chilom
2021
Sanyah Garcia-Nava is a chemistry student studying biochemistry, she presented at the DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation, and Creativity in Spring of 2021 with Richard Warner. She learned how to culture human T-cells and performed a co-immunoprecipitation to confirm the interaction of proteins.
2020
M. Holden*, C. Spiller, D. Johnson, G. Chilom, Comparative study of humic acids from soils and from leaves, ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (March 2020).
M. Dustin*, M. Holden, R. Peterson, G. Chilom, Heavy Metals Analysis of Particulate Matter Removed by Trees, ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (March 2020).
2019
M. Dustin*, M. Kondel, G. Chilom, Accumulation of particulate matter on leaf surfaces
2018
M. George*, D. Warner, G. Chilom, Investigating the antimicrobial activity of humic acids.
K. Monday*, O. Ruiz, G. Chilom, Kinetics of methylene blue adsorption on humic acids