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Kevin Bartlett
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Office: EH 306
Phone: 206-281-2101
E-mail: klbartle@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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B.S., Wheaton College, 1995; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001. At SPU since 2002.
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Wade Grabow
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: EH 310
Email: grabow@spu.edu |
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Summary: Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a ubiquitous biomolecule involved in a variety of cellular processes outside the traditionally recognized role of protein synthesis. Far from merely functioning as a passive carrier of genetic information, the discovery and characterization of a variety of diverse classes of non-coding RNA (RNA not involved directly in coding for a protein) have shown RNA to be actively involved in numerous cellular functions. Such discoveries are made more fascinating by the fact that many of these roles—such as gene regulation, catalysis, and metabolite recognition—were once thought to be unique to proteins. It is within the context of these rather remarkable and diverse cellular functions that my research interests focus on the relationship between RNA sequences and their functional three-dimensional structures. Broadly speaking, my research involves the study and characterization of recurrent RNA motifs identified within natural RNA structures and the rational design of artificial RNA nano-particles based on their resulting characterization. |
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E. Lawrence Gulberg
Adjunct Chemistry Faculty
Office: EH 113
Email: gulbee@spu.edu |
B.S., Stanford, 1971; M..Ed., Univ. Wash., 1977; Ph.D., analytical chemistry, Univ. Wash., 1980. At SPU since 2004. |
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Summary: I taught high school chemistry for 27 years. I decided to retire from that this year (2004) and begin teaching at SPU. My research interests were in electro-analytical chemistry and flow-injection analysis (25 years ago!). Now I am interested in making chemistry exciting and compelling and understandable to the student learner. I am currently involved in a project to develop workshops for teachers of 7-12 grade chemistry. |
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Benjamin J. McFarland
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Office: EH 103
Research Lab: EH 104
Phone: 206-281-2749
Email: bjm@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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B.S., University of Florida, 1996; Ph.D., biomolecular structure and design, University of Washington, 2001.
At SPU since 2003. |
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Research Interests: Biochemistry, immunology, protein chemistry, physical biochemistry |
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Summary: Our laboratory is interested in several kinds of "interfaces": the interfaces where two proteins match up and stick together; the interface of protein structure and immunology known as structural immunology; and placing these investigations within the context of biochemistry, which is the interface of biology and chemistry. Current projects center around redesigning affinities of protein-protein interactions important to starting immune responses and developing assays for assessing the metal-binding properties of protein samples. Other projects involve bioinformatics studies of paralogous amino acid synthesis genes. |
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John Mouser
Adjunct Chemistry Faculty
Office: Marston 249
E-mail: mousej@spu.edu
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B.A., Point Loma Nazarene College, 1985; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1991. At SPU since 2004. |
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Lyle B. Peter
Professor of Chemistry
Office: EH 303
Phone: 206-281-2103
E-mail: lpeter@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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B.S., Seattle Pacific College, 1972; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1979.
At SPU since 1979.
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Research Interests: Chemistry of the Chalcogens, Inorganic Heterocyclic Rings, Molecular Spectroscopy, Applied Molecular Orbital Theory/Computational Chemistry, especially the application of Density Functional Theory (DFT) to the stability and structure of organic and inorganic molecules. Mathematical Modeling in Bond Order Bond Length Relationships, Reactions of Amino Acids with Inorganic Substances, Electrochemistry of Amino Acid-Transition Metal Compounds. |
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Karisa M. Pierce
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: EH 304
Research Lab: EH 307
Phone: 206-281-2102
E-mail: pierck1@spu.edu
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B.S., Seattle University, 2002; M.S., University of Washington, 2004; Ph.D., analytical chemistry, University of Washington, 2007. At SPU since 2008.
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Research Interests: Using commercially available analytical instruments (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography-UVvis absorption) or building analytical instruments (dynamic surface tension detector with liquid chromatography or multidimensional chromatography instruments) to answer questions about complex samples such as: What are the statistically significant differences among these biodiesel/petrodiesel samples? What causes this investigational food or pharmaceutical product to be surface active or foamy? What biomarkers differentiate the scat of wild canid species? |
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Daniel Schofield
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: EH 334
Research Lab: EH B20
Phone: 206-281-2944
E-mail: schofieldd@spu.edu
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B.Sc.(Hons), University of Otago, 2002; Ph.D., University of Otago, 2005. At SPU since 2010.
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Research Interests: Our research interests are in the area of theoretical and computational chemistry. In particular, we study the structure, dynamics, thermodynamics and spectroscopy of groups of molecules where non-covalent interactions are important. The properties of these systems are particularly sensitive to the nature of by the underlying intermolecular potential energy surface. Our research group uses quantum chemistry to calculate potential energy surfaces for systems held together by intermolecular interactions. Of current interest is the use of computational chemistry to improve gas storage and sequestration in metal-organic frameworks. |
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