Department of Chemistry

Design and Study of Coordination Catalysts for Small Molecule Conversion CH4 (and other...

Studies of protein folding and aggregation Proteins generally encounter one of two fates after...

Research Focus Molecular Studies Studies in molecular recognition and catalysis We have...

Biological and Biophysical Chemistry My research interests are all related to understanding and...

Over many years the major focus of our research effort has focused on the synthesis of...

Biological Chemistry Our research program combines the tools and principles of chemistry with...

Dr. K. Barry Sharpless discovers new and useful transformations for organic synthesis,...

Designing Man-Made Catalysts The Sharpless Lab pursues useful new reactivity and general...

Natural Product Biosynthesis, Engineering, and Drug Discovery. Microorganisms produce a large...

Nature is molecular. Organisms comprise and produce collections of molecules unparalleled in...

For synthetic organic chemistry to reach its full potential as an enabling science, especially...

Research in the Wong lab encompasses a broad spectrum of bioorganic and synthetic chemistry....

Addressing the four challenges: New concepts for C−H activation and catalyst design 1. Weakly...