Research

Faculty mentors in CCBGAP have research programs that span the breadth of chemistry — including chemical biology and structural biology, biofuels, organic synthesis, materials, catalysis, analytical and computational chemistry, and more. All have outstanding records as mentors of undergraduate students. Please use the hotlinks below to learn more about their interests and work.
Balch, Alan L. Endohedral fullereness; luminescence for metal-metal bonding albalch@ucdavis.edu 220 Chemistry
Beal, Peter A. Nucleic acids chemical biology pabeal@ucdavis.edu 5469 Chemistry Annex
Berben, Louise A. Synthetic and physical inorganic chemistry laberben@ucdavis.edu 3465 Chemistry Annex
Britt, R. David Biological and synthetic energy catalysis, metalloenzymes, EPR spectroscopy rdbritt@ucdavis.edu 190 Chemistry
Casey, William H. Reaction kinetics in geochemistry; aqueous clusters whcasey@ucdavis.edu 1480 Chemistry Annex
Chen, Xi Chemical biology/glycoscience xiichen@ucdavis.edu  212 Chemistry
Crabtree, Kyle N. Astrochemistry, microwave spectroscopy and low-temperature kinetics kncrabtree@ucdavis.edu 190 Chemistry
David, Sheila S. Chemical biology of DNA repair ssdavid@ucdavis.edu 312 Chemistry
Donadio, Davide Theory of nanostructures, interfaces and transport phenomena ddonadio@ucdavis.edu 163A Chemistry
Fisher, Andrew J. Protein structure-function and X-ray crystallography ajfisher@ucdavis.edu 4462 Chemistry Annex
4A Briggs Hall
Franz, Annaliese K. Organic synthesis, catalysis, and biofuels akfranz@ucdavis.edu 314 Chemistry
Gervay-Hague, Jacquelyn Carbohydrate synthesis, biological profilling, and vaccine design jgervayhague@ucdavis.edu 5463 Chemistry Annex
Hammock, Bruce Synthesis of complex oxylipins and development of medicinal chemicals to alter their levels bdhammock@ucdavis.edu 66 Briggs Hall
Kauzlarich, Susan M. Synthesis and characterization of inorganic solid state and nanomaterials for emerging technologies smkauzlarich@ucdavis.edu 206 Chemistry
Koski, Kristie Materials and condensed matter chemistry koski@ucdavis.edu 222 Chemistry
Larsen, Delmar S. Photoactivated dynamics in sensory proteins and photocatalysis dlarsen@ucdavis.edu 214 Chemistry
Lebrilla, Carlito B. Bioanalytical mass spectrometry cblebrilla@ucdavis.edu 2465 Chemistry Annex
Liu, Gang-yu Nanoscience and nanoengineering, bioanalytical chemistry gyliu@ucdavis.edu 322 Chemistry
Louie, Angelique Molecular imaging and novel imaging probes aylouie@ucdavis.edu 3317 GBSF (Genome Center)
Mascal, Mark Organic synthesis, bioenergy research, molecular modeling mjmascal@ucdavis.edu 306 Chemistry
Ng, Cheuk-Yiu Chemical structures and dynamics by state-to-state spectroscopy cyng@ucdavis.edu 5465 Chemistry Annex
Olson, David E. Organic Synthesis and Chemical Neuroscience deolson@ucdavis.edu
 2463 Chemistry Annex
Osterloh, Frank E. Inorganic nanomaterials for solar energy conversion fosterloh@ucdavis.edu 2467 Chemistry Annex
Shaw, Jared T. Synthetic methods, natural products, chemical biology jtshaw@ucdavis.edu 326 Chemistry
Siegel, Justin B. Computational enzyme design jbsiegel@ucdavis.edu 1315 GBSF (Genome Center)
Tantillo, Dean J. Theoretical organic chemistry, natural products biosynthesis djtantillo@ucdavis.edu 4465 Chemistry Annex
Toney, Michael D. Enzyme catalysis, functional genomics, and biofuel cells mdtoney@ucdavis.edu 2469 Chemistry Annex
Velázquez, Jesús M. Synthesis and characterization of materials at the meso/nanoscale for energy conversion and environmental remediation. jevelazquez@ucdavis.edu
 5432 Chemistry Annex
Wang, Lee-Ping Energy conversion in catalysis and biomolecules; theoretical and computational chemistry leeping@ucdavis.edu
 163C Chemistry