Research
B.S. in Biochemistry

Individual faculty explore a wide range of research in the Biochemistry and Natural Products Chemistry program.

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Current Research Interests

• harmful algal blooms (Boyer)
• microbial uptake of heavy metals (Boyer)
• cyanobacteria toxins (Boyer)
• antibody and gene-based biosensors (Boyer)
• crosslinking agents for cellulosic materials (Caluwe)
• genetic engineering of bacteria to produce biodegradable polymers (Nomura)
• fatty acid biosynthetic enzymes (Nomura)
• biodegradable biopolymer (Nomura)
• natural insecticides from plants (Giner)
• antiviral sterols from marine sponges (Giner)
• biomimetic synthesis (Giner)
• aquatic organic chemistry (Hassett)
• global carbon and sulfur cycles (Kieber)
• Biobased polymers (Stipanovic), (Nomura),(Winter)
• coral reef biogeochemistry (Teece)
• marine and lake food webs (Teece)
• boenergetics (Teece)
• insect pheremones (Webster)
• steriochemical specific synthesis (Webster)
• molecular archatecture of polymer molecules (Winter)
• computation chemistry (Winter)
• polysaccharide chemistry (Winter)
• Enzyme patterns on cellulose (Winter)