Teaching and Research Faculty
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Uwe Burghaus
Research: Chemical processes on solid surfaces: surface chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, nanoscience, materials
Email: uwe.burghaus@ndsu.edu
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Chris Colbert
Research: Structure biology with a focus on the biochemistry of proteins involved in iron import and utilization
Email: christopher.colbert@ndsu.edu
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Gregory Cook
Department Chair
Research: Synthetic organic and organometallic chemistry with an emphasis on green and sustainable new methods
Email:gregory.cook@ndsu.edu
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Stuart Haring
Research: Mechanisms of DNA repair and cell cycle regulation in the prevention of DNA mutation and disease
Email: stuart.haring@ndsu.edu
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John Hershberger
Research: Experimental studies of gas phase reaction kinetics, with emphasis on reactions important in combustion chemistry
Email: john.hershberger@ndsu.edu
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Svetlana Kilina
Research: Computational chemistry models of processes taking place on organic-inorganic interfaces in hybrid, functionalized nanomaterials.
Email:svetlana.kilina@ndsu.edu
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Gudrun Lukat-Rodgers
Research: Bioinorganic chemistry with an emphasis on physical characterization of heme-containing enzymes
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Seth Rasmussen
Research: Synthesis and applications of organic semiconducting materials / History of chemistry, with a focus on the history of materials
Email:seth.rasmussen@ndsu.edu
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Kenton Rodgers
Research: Mechanistic metallobiochemistry of heme-dependent proteins and enzymes; optical, magnetic resonance, and resonance Raman spectroscopy
Email: kent.rodgers@ndsu.edu
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Mukund Sibi
Research: Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Asymmetric Catalysis, Green Chemistry, and Materials
Email: mukund.sibi@ndsu.edu
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Sangita Sinha
Research: The Sinha Lab uses a diverse array of structural, biophysical, biochemical, molecular biology and cellular methods to understand the structural and mechanistic basis of autophagy, an essential, eukaryotic catabolic pathway, as well as the modulation of host cell autophagy by intracellular pathogens
Email: sangita.sinha@ndsu.edu
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John Wilkinson
Research: Metabolism, apoptosis, and the pathogenesis of cancer
Email: john.wilkinson@ndsu.edu
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Zhongyu Yang
Research: Confining biopolymers in synthetic nanostructures to generate advanced materials and knowledge via analytical, biophysical, and biomaterials chemistry
Email:zhongyu.yang@ndsu.edu
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