Research
projects involving chemistry faculty and students:
Pamela Kistler:
Trapping of printing ink residues (sludge) in concrete/cement,
with the goal of strengthening the concrete and reducing environmental
landfill contaminations.
Dick
Rauner:
(1) studies on regulators of pigment formation in citrus fruits;
preparation of a series of bioregulator molecules and testing
their abilities to generate pigmentation.
(2) Oxidation of catechols to quinones: in pigmentation pathways
and antibiotic activity.
(3) Separations of flavors and fragrances using chromatographic
methods.
Dick
Rauner and Marianne Staretz:
Cytochrome P-450 inhibition by phenylisothiocyanate: a naturally-occurring
cancer preventative agent.
Marianne
Staretz:
(1) Studies of the anti-cancer mechanism of organoselenium
compounds
(2) Analysis of antioxidants in domestic and European wines
John
Griswold:
(1) synthesis of compounds containing the pyrone structure,
and formation of pyrylium salts: mechanisms leading to intense
biopigmentations
(2) Amine reactions with substituted quinones: neurotransmitters
(3) Dehydrations of cyclic alcohols resulting from Grignard
pathways: product distributions as indicators of relative product
stability.
Larry
Quarino:
"see forensics concentration"
Students
may also suggest a research topic, and upon approval
and consultation with a faculty member, pursue that
project.
Students
have presented papers at regional science conferences,
American Chemical Society meetings, and have in some
cases co-authored research papers. We also encourage
corporate internships and summer research fellowships
at sponsoring research universities. These experiences
usually lead to job offers and full graduate school
assistantships.
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