Research Labs
Taylor Arhar
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Biochemistry
408-924-8811, taylor.arhar@sjsu.edu, ISB 458
Research Interest: Protein biochemistry and bacterial genetics to study molecular chaperones as potential antibacterial targets
David Brook
Professor
Research Area: Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
408-924-4994, david.brook@sjsu.edu, ISB 356
Research Interest: Synthesis and coordination chemistry of stable free radicals, magnetochemistry, self assembly, and supramolecular chemistry, molecular devices.
Emma Carroll
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Biochemistry
408-924-8810, emma.carroll@sjsu.edu, ISB 454
Carroll Lab Research Group Page
Research Interest: The Carroll lab studies the effects of the cellular environment on protein misfolding, aggregation, and amyloid formation. We are also interested in how the cellular protein homeostasis network, especially ubiquitin, responds to different amyloidosis.
Philip Dirlam
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Organic Chemistry
408-924-4998, philip.dirlam@sjsu.edu, ISB 253
Research Interest: Polymer synthesis with a focus on the preparation of redox active materials and their application in experimental rechargeable batteries.
Nicholas Esker
Associate Professor
Research Area: Nuclear Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
408-924-4950, nicholas.esker@sjsu.edu, DH608
Research Interest: Nuclear reaction and decay spectroscopy in isotopes far from stability, superheavy element synthesis, thin film preparations for nuclear targetry, nuclear & radiochemistry.
Gianmarc Grazioli
Associate Professor
Research Area: Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
408-924-4826, gianmarc.grazioli@sjsu.edu, DH 501
Research Interest: Computational methods development using molecular simulations and machine learning to study configurational dynamics in biomolecules, molecular self-assembly, and reaction dynamics.
Resa Kelly
Professor
Research Area: Chemical Education
408-924-4940, resa.kelly@sjsu.edu, DH418
Research Interest: How animations of microscopic chemistry concepts affect student learning and influence the correction and creation of misconceptions.
Brooke Lustig
Adjunct Professor, CME
Research Area: Computational Biochemistry
408-924-4968, brooke.lustig@sjsu.edu, DH 417
Research Interest: Computation and theoretical methods to characterize entropy and related effects in proteins and RNA, design of potential anti-HIV agents.
Laura Miller Conrad
Professor
Research Area: Chemical Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry
408-924-4957, laura.miller.conrad@sjsu.edu, ISB 354
Miller Conrad Research Group Page
Research Interest: Development of antimicrobial treatments targeting virulence or resistance, understanding of bacterial signaling.
Gilles Muller
Professor
Research Area: Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology
408-924-2632, gilles.muller@sjsu.edu, DH 412
Research Interest: Lanthanides, complexes, circularly polarized luminescence, chirality, thermodynamics, and spectroscopy.
Roy Okuda
Professor
Research Area: Organic Chemistry
408-924-2525, roy.okuda@sjsu.edu, DH 009A
Research Interest: Marine natural products, and enzyme applications
Madalyn Radlauer
Associate Professor
Research Area: Organometalli, Inorganic, Polymer Chemistry
408-924-5482, madalyn.radlauer@sjsu.edu, ISB 254
Research Interest: Studying catalysis within macromolecular environments by appending transition metal catalysts to organic polymers.
Andro Rios
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Organic Chemistry
408-924-5496, andro.rios@sjsu.edu, ISB 358
Research Interest: I use the tools of organic and analytical chemistry for questions relating to the field of science known as Astrobiology. Specifically we are interested in understanding the origin of metabolic chemistry on this planet with the ultimate goal of understanding how life started on Earth and if it is common in our solar system and beyond.
Roger Terrill
Associate Professor
Research Area: Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry
408-924-4970, roger.terrill@sjsu.edu, DH 004B
Research Interest: Surface, interfacial, and thin film chemistry.
Annalise Van Wyngarden
Associate Professor
Research Area: Physical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry
408-924-5282, annalise.vanwyngarden@sjsu.edu, ISB 353
Research Interest: Effects of organic chemistry on the climate-changing properties of atmospheric aerosols. Formation and optical properties of organic coatings on atmospheric aerosols (especially in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere). Chemical transformations in aerosols during cloud formation and evaporation. Photochemistry of organics in aerosols.
Ningkun Wang
Associate Professor
Research Area: Biochemistry
408-924-4955, ningkun.wang@sjsu.edu, ISB 456
Research Interest: Protein conformational dynamics, protein-protein interactions, enzyme specificity.
