CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA
P. O. Box 162366, 4000 Central Florida Blvd
Orlando, FL 32816-2366
TEL: (407) 823-4306
FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/aboutus_index.php
Email: chemistry@mail.ucf.edu
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Kevin D. Belfield, Chair and Professor of Chemistry.
Degrees Offered: B.S, M.S, Ph.D.
Fields of Specialization: MS Industrial Chemistry,
MS Forensic Science, PhD Chemistry: Materials
Chemistry, Forensic Science, Environmental Chemistry, Biochemistry.
Interdisciplinary Program: PhD Biomedical Science,
Departments of Chemistry, Molecular and Microbiology, Biology, College of Medicine; PhD Optics, College of Optics and Photonics.
BALLANTYNE, JACK Professor. B.S, 1976, University of Glasgow, UK; M.S, 1979, University of Strathclyde, UK; Ph.D, 1997, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY. Forensic Science. Development of Y chromosome STR (YSTR) multiplexes for operational use; assessment and In
vitro repair of damaged DNA templates in biological
stains; detection of RNA expression in biological stains;
forensic biometrics: The determination of individual
physical characteristics by DNA typing; single cell analysis. TEL: (407) 823-0163 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_ballantyne.php
Email: jballant@mail.ucf.edu
Kathleen A. Mayntz-Press and Jack Ballantyne, Performance characteristics of commercial Y-STR multiplex systems, J. Forensic Sci, 52, 1025-1034 (2007).
Jane Juusola and Jack Ballantyne, mRNA profiling for
body fluid identification by multiplex quantitative RT-PCR,
J. Forensic Sci, 52, 1252-1262 (2007).
Erin K. Hanson and Jack Ballantyne, Population data for a
novel, highly discriminating tetra-local Y-chromosome short
tandem repeat: DYS5O3, J. Forensic Sci, 52, 498-499
(2007).
Pamela J. Smith and Jack Ballantyne, Simplified lowcopy-number DNA analysis by post-PCR purification, J. Forensic Sci, 52, 820-829 (2007).
Erin K. Hanson and Jack Ballantyne, Population data for
48 ‘Non-Core’ Y chromosome STR loci, Leg. Med, 9, 221231 (2007).
Erin K. Hanson and Jack Ballantyne, An ultra-high discrimination Y chromosome short tandem repeat multiplex
DNA typing system, PLoS One, 2, No pp. given (2007).
Lynn M. Sims and Jack Ballantyne, A Rare Y Chromosome Missense Mutation in Exon 25 of Human USP9Y Revealed by Pyrosequencing, Biochem. Genet, 46, 154-161
(2008).
Mindy Setzer, Jane Juusola and Jack Ballantyne, Recovery
and stability of RNA in vaginal swabs and blood, semen, and
saliva stains, J. Forensic Sci, 53, 296-305 (2008).
Kathleen A. Mayntz-Press, Lynn M. Sims, Ashley Hall
and Jack Ballantyne, Y-STR profiling in extended interval
(ⱕ3 days) postcoital cervicovaginal samples, J. Forensic Sci,
53, 342-348 (2008).
Lynn M. Sims and Jack Ballantyne, The golden gene
(SLC24A5) differentiates US sub-populations within the ethnically admixed Y-SNP haplogroups, Leg. Med, 10, 72-77
(2008).
Kyle Parker, Analysis of mitochondrial DNA coding region SNPS by pyrosequencing. (M)
Micah Halpern, Development and forensic application of
dye-probe fluorescence resonance energy transfer for improved detection of changes in DNA sequence. (M)
Erin Hanson, Assessment of damage and degradation to
macromolecules in dried stains and its use to estimate time of
deposition of forensic biological evidence. (D)
Michelle Alvarez, Physical characteristics from biological
stains: Age determination of an individual. (D)
BELFIELD, KEVIN D. (b.1960) Chair and Professor
of Chemistry. B.S, 1982, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ph.D, 1988, Syracuse University. Postdoctoral Research, 1989-1990, SUNY College of Env. Science &
Forestry (Syracuse); Postdoctoral Research, 1990-1992,
Harvard University. Materials Chemistry; Polymer Science. Multiphoton absorbing materials and processes;
photochromic polymers; synthesis and characterization
of polymeric nanocomposites; supramolecular photonic
materials; polymeric hydrogels; photochemistry; biophotonics; optical data storage; two-photon, FLIM, and single-molecule fluorescent imaging; tumor imaging agents
and photodynamic cancer therapy; photopolymerization;
nondestructive imaging. TEL: (407) 823-1028 FAX:
(407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_belfield.php
Email: belfield@mail.ucf.edu
Claudia C. Corredor, Zhen-Li Huang, Kevin D. Belfield,
Alma R. Morales and Mykhailo V. Bondar, Photochromic
Polymer Composites for Two-Photon 3D Optical Data Storage, Chem. Mater, 19, 5165-5173 (2007).
Stephen J. Andrasik, Kevin D. Belfield, Mykhailo V. Bondar, Florencio E. Hernandez, Alma R. Morales, Olga V.
Przhonska and Sheng Yao, One- and two-photon singlet oxygen generation with new fluorene-based photosensitizers,
ChemPhysChem, 8, 399-404 (2007).
Ion Cohanoschi, Sheng Yao, Kevin D. Belfield and Florencio E. Hernandez, Effect of the concentration of organic dyes
on their surface plasmon enhanced two-photon absorption
cross section using activated Au nanoparticles, J. Appl. Phys,
101, 086112/1-086112/3 (2007).
Kevin D. Belfield, Mykhailo V. Bondar, Oleksiy D. Kachkovsky, Olga V. Przhonska and Sheng Yao, Solvent effect on
the steady-state fluorescence anisotropy of two-photon absorbing fluorene derivatives, J. Lumin, 126, 14-20 (2007).
Kevin D. Belfield, Mykhailo V. Bondar, Florencio E. Hernandez, Olga V. Przhonska and Sheng Yao, Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section Determination for Fluorene Derivatives: Analysis of the Methodology and Elucidation of the
Origin of the Absorption Processes, J. Phys. Chem. B, 111,
12723-12729 (2007).
Sheng Yao, Katherine J. Schafer-Hales and Kevin D. Belfield, A New Water-Soluble Near-Neutral Ratiometric Fluorescent pH Indicator, Org. Lett, 9, 5645-5648 (2007).
Zhen-Li Huang and Kevin D. Belfield, Two-photon fluorescence and FLIM 3D imaging in polymer films, Polym.
Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.), 48, 494-495
(2007).
Kevin D. Belfield, Ciceron O. Yanez and Zhen-Li Huang,
A novel two-photon absorbing PAG and its application in 3D microfabrication, RadTech Report, 21, 42-47 (2007).
Kevin D. Belfield, Sheng Yao and Mykhailo V. Bondar,
Two-photon absorbing photonic materials: From fundamentals to applications, Advances in Polymer Science, 213, 97156 (2008).
Alma R. Morales, Katherine J. Schafer-Hales, Adam I.
Marcus and Kevin D. Belfield, Amine reactive fluorene
probes: Synthesis, optical characterization, bioconjugation,
and two-photon fluorescence imaging, Bioconjugate Chemistry, 19, 2559-2567 (2008).
Kevin D. Belfield, Sheng Yao and Mykhailo V. Bondar,
Organic multiphoton absorbing materials and devices, Introduction to Organic Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials
and Devices, 573-606 (2008).
Carlos Toro, Leonardo De Boni, Sheng Yao, Kevin D. Belfield and Florencio E. Hernandez, Photophysical characterization of a highly conjugated bipyridyl-based dye synthesized by a unique two-step approach, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112,
12185-12190 (2008).
Kevin D. Belfield, Mykhailo V. Bondar, Florencio E. Hernandez and Olga V. Przhonska, Photophysical Characterization, Two-Photon Absorption and Optical Power Limiting of
Two Fluorenylperylene Diimides, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112,
5618-5622 (2008).
Mihaela Balu, M. A. Padhila, David J. Hagan, Eric W. Van
Stryland, Sheng Yao, Kevin D. Belfield, S. J. Zheng, S. Barlow and Seth Marder, Broadband Z-scan characterization using a high-spectral-irradiance, high-quality supercontinuum,
Journal of the Optical Society of America B – Optical Physics, 25, 159-165 (2008).
Claudia C. Corredor, Two-photon 3D optical data storage
via fluorescence modulation of fluorene dyes by photochromic diarylethenes. (D)
Stephen J. Andrasik, Singlet oxygen generation using new
fluorene based photosensitizers under one- and two- photon
excitation. (D)
BLAIR, RICHARD G. Assistant Professor. B.S,
1994, Hope College; M.S, 1998, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D, 2004, University of California, Los
Angeles. Postdoctoral Scientist, 2004-2006, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Forensic Science; Inorganic Chemistry.
Crystallography of drug-noble metal complexes used for
forensic identification. Development of new precipitation
reagents for the identification of emerging substances of
abuse. New routes to alkali and alkaline earth metal carbides and intercalation compounds. Synthesis of silazanes and polysilazanes for use as single source precursors to silicon nitride. Preparation of nanoscale transition
metal carbides for catalysts and composites. New methods for preparing cellulosic ethanol. TEL: (407) 8232120 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_index.php
Email: rblair@mail.ucf.edu
Eduardo H. L. Falcao, Richard G. Blair, Julia J. Mack, Lisa
M. Viculis, Chai-Won Kwon, Michael Bendikov, Richard B.
Kaner, Bruce S. Dunn and Fred Wudl, Microwave exfoliation of a graphite intercalation compound, Carbon, 45, 13671369 (2007).
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CAMPIGLIA, ANDRES D. (b.1960) Professor. B.S,
1982, University of Brasilia; M.Sc, 1985, University of
Brasilia; Ph.D, 1990, University of Florida. Analytical
Chemistry. Current efforts are focused on the development of of luminescence techniques for he analysis of
compounds of environmental, clinical and biological interest. TEL: (407) 823-4162 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_campiglia.php
Email: acampigl@mail.ucf.edu
Marina Santos, Suad Nadi, Hector C. Goicoechea, Manas
K. Haldar, Andres D. Campiglia and Sanku Mallik, Artificial
neural networks for qualitative and quantitative analysis of
target proteins with polymerized liposome vesicles, Anal.
Biochem, 361, 109-119 (2007).
Andres D. Campiglia, Shenjiang Yu, Adam J. Bystol and
Huiyong Wang, Measuring Scatter with a Cryogenic Probe
and an ICCD Camera: Recording Absorption Spectra in
Shpol’skii Matrixes and Fluorescence Quantum Yields in
Glassy Solvents, Anal. Chem, 79, 1682-1689 (2007).
Shenjiang Yu, Hector C. Goicoechea and Andres D. Campiglia, Sonication-laser-excited time-resolved Shpol’skii
spectrometry: A facile method for the direct screening of fifteen priority pollutants in soil samples, Appl. Spectrosc, 61,
165-170 (2007).
Alejandro Solis, Mathew Rex, Andres D. Campiglia and
Pedro Sojo, Accelerated multiple-pass moving average: a
novel algorithm for baseline estimation in CE and its application to baseline correction on real-time bases, Electrophoresis, 28, 1181-1188 (2007).
Keerthika Vatsavai, Hector C. Goicoechea and Andres D.
Campiglia, Direct quantification of monohydroxy-polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons in synthetic urine samples via solidphase extraction-room-temperature fluorescence excitationemission matrix spectroscopy, Anal. Biochem, 376, 213-220
(2008).
Huiyong Wang and Andres D. Campiglia, Determination
of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Drinking Water
Samples by Solid-Phase Nanoextraction and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Anal. Chem. (Washington,
DC, U. S.), 80, 8202-8209 (2008).
Keerthika Vatsavai, Analytical evaluation of the fluorescence characteristics of metabolites of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons at room, liquid nitrogen and liquid helium temperatures. (M)
CLAUSEN, CHRISTIAN A. (b.1940) Professor. B.S,
1963, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Ph.D,
1969, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Environmental Chemistry. Current research interests
are in the areas of new catalyst development for industrial and environmental chemical processes and the synthesis and study of aerosol systems. TEL: (407) 823-2293
FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_clausen.php
Email: clausen@mail.ucf.edu
Robert DeVor, Kathy Carvalho-Knighton, Brian Aitken,
Philip Maloney, Erin Holland, Lukas Talalaj, Rebecca Fidler,
Seth Elsheimer, Christian A. Clausen and Cherie L. Geiger,
Dechlorination comparison of mono-substituted PCBs with
Mg/Pd in different solvent systems, Chemosphere, 73, 896900 (2008).
P. Cavazos, C. Clausen, J. Moores, P. Smith and W. Nicholson, Slow degradation of ATP in simulated martian environments suggests long residence times for the biosignature
molecule on spacecraft surfaces on mars, Icarus, 198, 86-100
(2008).
DIAZ, DIEGO J. Assistant Professor. B.S, 1996, University of Puerto Rico; M.S, 1998, Cornell University;
Ph.D, 2001, Cornell University. Beckman Institute Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2001-2005,
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Electrochemistry; Nanochemistry. Electrochemistry to control
the surface morphology at the nanometer scale and applications of nanostructured electrodes in fuel cells, electrochemical luminescence and sensors. Preparation of novel
Pt / metal oxide electrodes for Direct Methanol Fuel
Cells, Schottky based gas sensors based on electrochemically generated porous III-V semiconductors and utilization of probe microscopies and spectroscopy to study the
photophysics of metallodendrimer based LED materials.
TEL: (407) 823-2230 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_diaz.php
Email: djdiaz@mail.ucf.edu
Diego J. Diaz, Nathan Greenletch, Avni Solanki, Ajay Karakoti and Sudipta Seal, Novel Nanoscale Ceria-Platinum
Composite Electrodes for Direct Alcohol Electro-Oxidation,
Catal. Lett, 119, 319-326 (2007).
T. L. Williamson, D. J. Díaz and P. W. Bohn, Preparation
and properties of porous GaN prepared by metal-assisted
electroless etching, Porous Silicon Carbide and Gallium Nitride: Epitaxy, Catalysis, and Biotechnology Applications,
77-100 (2008).
ELSHEIMER, SETH R. (b.1952) Associate Professor. B.S, 1978, Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D, 1984,
University of Florida. Research Associate, 1984-1985,
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University of California, San Diego. Organic Chemistry.
Organofluorine chemistry; physical organic chemistry;
synthesis of fluorinated organics; free-radical reactions;
synthetic uses of difluorodihalomethane; structure-reactivity relationships, elucidation of reaction mechanisms;
fortified sweeteners. TEL: (407) 823-5332 FAX: (407)
823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_elsheimer.php
Email: sethe@mail.ucf.edu
sethe@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Robert DeVor, Kathy Carvalho-Knighton, Brian Aitken,
Phil Maloney, Erin Holland, Lukas Talalaj, Rebecca Fidler,
Seth Elsheimer, Christian A. Clausen and Cherie L. Geiger,
Dechlorination comparison of mono-substituted PCBs with
Mg/Pd in different solvent systems, Chemosphere, 73, 896900 (2008).
FOOKES, BARRY G. Professor. Forensic Science.
Forensic microscopy. TEL: (407) 823-6205 FAX: (407)
823-2252
Email: bfookes@mail.ucf.edu
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GEIGER, CHERIE L. (b.1956) Associate Professor.
B.S, 1990, University of Central Florida; Ph.D, 1994,
University of South Florida. NSF Postdoctoral Research
Fellowship, 1994-1996, University of Central Florida.
Environmental Chemistry. Groundwater remediation using enhanced zero-valent metal technology, agrochemical by-products in field use and improved combustion
technology for the reduction of incinerator emissions.
TEL: (407) 823-2135 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_geiger.php
Email: cgeiger@mail.ucf.edu
Robert DeVor, Kathy Carvalho-Knighton, Brian Aitken,
Phil Maloney, Erin Holland, Lukas Talalaj, Rebecca Fidler,
Seth Elsheimer, Christian A. Clausen and Cherie L. Geiger,
Dechlorination comparison of mono-substituted PCBs with
Mg/Pd in different solvent systems, Chemosphere, 73, 896900 (2008).
Deborah Maxwell, Remediation of heavy metal contamination in sediments: Application of in situ treatment utilzing
emulsified liquid membrane and zero-valent metal technologies. (M)
Robert Devor, Determination of the degradation mechanism for polychlorinated biphenyl congeners using mechanically alloyed magnesium/palladium in methanol. (D)
GESQUIERE, ANDRE J. Assistant Professor. Ph.D,
1997, Catholic University Leuven; B.S, 2001, Catholic
University Leuven. Postdoctoral Research Scientist,
2002, Technical University Eindhoven; Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 2002-2005, University of Texas at Austin. Nanochemistry; Physical Chemistry. The imaging
and spectroscopy of nanomaterials with applications in
energy conversion devices and biological imaging and
involves real time simultaneous study of the electrical
and optical properties of materials embedded in single
molecule/nanoparticle photovoltaic devices and imaging
of intracellular processes in living cells and tissue models. TEL: (407) 882-2842 FAX: (407) 882-2819
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_gesquiere.php
Email: andre@mail.ucf.edu
Andre J. Gesquiere, Daeri Tenery and Zhongjian Hu, Single-particle spectroscopy on conducting polymer-fullerene
composite materials for application in organic photovoltaic
devices, Spectroscopy (Duluth, MN, U. S.), 23, 32, 34-44
(2008).
HAMPTON, MICHAEL D. (b.1954) Professor. B.S,
1975, University of Florida; Ph.D, 1980, Texas Tech
University. 1980, Texas Tech University. Analytical
Chemistry. Hydrogen storage systems, micro-sensors and
micro-instrumentation; use of piezoelectric oscillators in
chemical analysis; thermal analysis, fuels analysis. TEL:
(407) 823-2246 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_hampton.php
Email: mhampton@mail.ucf.edu
Muzaffer Tonguc Oztek, Michael D. Hampton, Darlene K.
Slattery and Sandy Loucks, Properties of aggregates of anionic-cationic porphyrins; TCPP and TAP, Prepr. Symp.—
Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem, 52, 102-103 (2007).
HERNANDEZ, FLORENCIO E. (b.1966) Associate
Professor. B.S, 1992, Universidad Central de Venezuela;
Ph.D, 1996, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1997-1999, Venezuelan Institute
for Scientific Research; Optical Limiting, 1998-2002,
University of Central Florida—CREOL. Nanochemistry;
Physical Chemistry. Characterization of new metal nanparticles and study of their interaction and effect on nonlinear optical molecules; organic and inorganic. TEL:
(407) 823-0843 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_hernandez.php
Email: florenzi@mail.ucf.edu
Stephen J. Andrasik, Kevin D. Belfield, Mykhailo V. Bondar, Florencio E. Hernandez, Alma R. Morales, Olga V.
Przhonska and Sheng Yao, One- and two-photon singlet oxygen generation with new fluorene-based photosensitizers,
ChemPhysChem, 8, 399-404 (2007).
Ion Cohanoschi, Sheng Yao, Kevin D. Belfield and Florencio E. Hernandez, Effect of the concentration of organic dyes
on their surface plasmon enhanced two-photon absorption
cross section using activated Au nanoparticles, J. Appl. Phys,
101, 086112/1-086112/3 (2007).
Horacio Carias, Manuel Marquez and Florencio E. Hernandez, A wet chemistry method for the construction of silver
nanosandwichs using laponite clays, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 7, 2331-2334 (2007).
Kevin D. Belfield, Mykhailo V. Bondar, Florencio E. Hernandez, Olga V. Przhonska and Sheng Yao, Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section Determination for Fluorene Derivatives: Analysis of the Methodology and Elucidation of the
Origin of the Absorption Processes, J. Phys. Chem. B, 111,
12723-12729 (2007).
L. Petit, J. Griffin, N. Carlie, V. Jubera, M. García, F. E.
Hernández and K. Richardson, Luminescence properties of
Eu3+ or Dy3+/ Au co-doped SiO2 nanoparticles, Materials
Letters, 61, 2879-2882 (2007).
D. S. Corrêa, L. De Boni, L. Misoguti, C. R. Mendonç
a,Ion Cohanoschi, Carlos Toro, Athur Thibert, Shengli Zou
and Florencio E. Hernández, Z-scan theoretical analysis for
three, four and five-photon absorption, Optics Communications, 277, 440-445 (2007).
Ion Cohanoschi, Arthur Thibert, Carlos Toro, Shengli Zou
and Florencio E. Hernandez, Surface plasmon enhancement
at a liquid-metal-liquid interface, Plasmonics, 2, 89-94
(2007).
Leonardo De Boni, Carlos Toro, Arteem E. Masunov and
Florencio E. Hernandez, Untangling the excited states of
DR1 in solution: An experimental and theoretical study, J.
Phys. Chem. A, 112, 3886-3890 (2008).
Carlos Toro, Leonardo De Boni, Sheng Yao, Kevin D. Belfield and Florencio E. Hernandez, Photophysical characterization of a highly conjugated bipyridyl-based dye synthesized by a unique two-step approach, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112,
12185-12190 (2008).
Carlos Toro, Arthur Thibert, Leonardo De Boni, Arteem E.
Masunov and Florencio E. Hernandez, Fluorescence Emission of Disperse Red 1 in Solution at Room Temperature, J.
Phys. Chem. B, 112, 929-937 (2008).
Kevin D. Belfield, Mykhailo V. Bondar, Florencio E. Hernandez and Olga V. Przhonska, Photophysical Characterization, Two-Photon Absorption and Optical Power Limiting of
Two Fluorenylperylene Diimides, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112,
5618-5622 (2008).
Leonardo De Boni, Carlos Toro and Florencio E. Hernandez, Pump polarization-state preservation of picosecond generated white-light supercontinuum, Opt. Express, 16, 957964 (2008).
Leonardo De Boni, Carlos Toro and Florencio E.
Hernández, Synchronized double L-scan technique for the simultaneous measurement of polarization dependence twophoton absorption in chiral molecules, Optics Letters, 33,
2958-2960 (2008).
Leonardo De Boni, Erin Leigh Wood, Carlos Toro and
Florencio E. Hernández, Optical saturable absorption in gold
nanoparticles, Plasmonics, 3, 171-176 (2008).
HICKMAN, JAMES J. Professor. B.A, Penn State
University; M.S, Penn State University; Ph.D, MIT.
Nanochemistry. Biological interface design for the creation of test-beds for functional cellular systems to investigate spinal cord repair, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
and Alzheimer’s disease. Design of functional assays
based on small cellular units that would allow the creation of high throughput analysis systems to screen drug
candidates based on cell-cell communication. TEL: (407)
882-1925 FAX: (407) 882-2819
Web: www.nanoscience.ucf.edu/faculty_hickman.php
Email: jhickman@mail.ucf.edu
Mainak Das, Swanand Patil, Neelima Bhargava, JungFong Kang, Lisa M. Riedel, Sudipta Seal and James J. Hickman, Auto-catalytic ceria nanoparticles offer neuroprotection
to adult rat spinal cord neurons, Biomaterials, 28, 1918-1925
(2007).
Peter Molnar, Weishi Wang, Anupama Natarajan, John W.
Rumsey and James J. Hickman, Photolithographic Patterning
of C2C12 Myotubes using Vitronectin as Growth Substrate
in Serum-Free Medium, Biotechnol. Prog, 23, 265-268
(2007).
Peter Molnar, Jung-Fong Kang, Neelima Bhargava, Mainak Das and James J. Hickman, Synaptic connectivity in engineered neuronal networks, Methods Mol. Biol. (Totowa,
NJ, U. S.), 403, 165-173 (2007).
Peter Molnar and James J. Hickman, Modeling of action
potential generation in NG108-15 cells, Methods Mol. Biol.
(Totowa, NJ, U. S.), 403, 175-184 (2007).
Mainak Das, Kerry Wilson, Peter Molnar and James J.
Hickman, Differentiation of skeletal muscle and integration
of myotubes with silicon microstructures using serum-free
medium and a synthetic silane substrate, Nat. Protoc, 2,
1795-1801 (2007).
John W. Rumsey, Mainak Das, Jung-Fong Kang, Robert
Wagner, Peter Molnar and James J. Hickman, Tissue engineering intrafusal fibers: Dose- and time-dependent differentiation of nuclear bag fibers in a defined in vitro system using
neuregulin 1-␤-1, Biomaterials, 29, 994-1004 (2008).
Mainak Das, Neelima Bhargava, Abhijeet Bhalkikar, Jung
Fong Kang and James J. Hickman, Temporal neurotransmitter conditioning restores the functional activity of adult spinal cord neurons in long-term culture, Exp. Neurol, 209, 171180 (2008).
HUO, QUN Associate Professor. B.Sc, 1991, University of Sceince and Technology of China; M.Sc, 1994, Sun
Yatsen University, PRC; Ph.D, 1999, University of Miami. Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1999-2000, University of Miami. Materials Chemistry; Nanochemistry.
General nanomaterials chemistry field, including nanoparticles, nanotubes and polymer nanocomposite materials. Design, synthesis and development of a wide range
of nanomaterials with tailored optical and electronic
properties and functions for applications such as biomolecular imaging, bioassays, sensors, advanced coatings,
energy storage, electronic and optic devices. TEL: (407)
882-2845 FAX: (407) 882-2819
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_huo.php
Email: qhuo@mail.ucf.edu
Tetsushi Kinugasa, Qun Huo, Daijiro Higashi, Hirotomo
Shibaguchi, Motomu Kuroki, Toshihiro Tanaka, Kitarou Futami, Yuichi Yamashita, Ken Hachimine, Shinichi Maekawa,
Kazuki Nabeshima, Hiroshi Iwasaki and Masahide Kuroki,
Selective up-regulation of claudin-1 and claudin-2 in colorectal cancer, Anticancer Res, 27, 3729-3734 (2007).
Qun Huo, A perspective on bioconjugated nanoparticles
and quantum dots, Colloids Surf., B, 59, 1-10 (2007).
Xiong Liu, Mark Atwater, Jinhai Wang and Qun Huo, Extinction coefficient of gold nanoparticles with different sizes
and different capping ligands, Colloids Surf., B, 58, 3-7
(2007).
Guda Ramakrishna, Qiu Dai, Jianhua Zou, Qun Huo and
Theodore Goodson, III, Interparticle Electromagnetic Coupling in Assembled Gold-Necklace Nanoparticles, J. Am.
Chem. Soc, 129, 1848-1849 (2007).
Joseph P. Brennan, Xiong Liu and Qun Huo, Stochastic
differential equation models of nanoparticle growth in BrustSchiffrin reaction, J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci, 4, 127-132
(2007).
Hui Chen, Jinhai Wang, Zia Rahman, James G. Worden,
Xiong Liu, Qiu Dai and Qun Huo, Beach sand from Cancun
Mexico: a natural macro- and mesoporous material, J. Mater.
Sci, 42, 6018-6026 (2007).
Jianhua Zou, Qiu Dai, Jinhai Wang, Xiong Liu and Qun
Huo, Solid phase monofunctionalization of gold nanoparticles using ionic exchange resin as polymer support, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 7, 2382-2388 (2007).
Xiong Liu, Mark Atwater, Jinhai Wang, Qiu Dai, Jianhua
Zou, Joseph P. Brennan and Qun Huo, A study on gold nanoparticle synthesis using oleylamine as both reducing agent
and protecting ligand, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 7, 3126-3133
(2007).
Gang Sui, Soumen Jana, Amin Salehi-Khojin, Sanjay Neema, Wei-Hong Zhong, Hui Chen and Qun Huo, Preparation
and properties of natural sand particles reinforced epoxy
composites, Macromol. Mater. Eng, 292, 467-473 (2007).
Soumen Jana, Amin Salehi-Khojin, Wei-Hong Zhong, Hui
Chen, Xiong Liu and Qun Huo, Effects of gold nanoparticles
and lithium hexafluorophosphate on the electrical conductivity of PMMA, Solid State Ionics, 178, 1180-1186 (2007).
Hui Chen, Jinhai Wang and Qun Huo, Self-assembled
monolayer of 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane for improved
adhesion between aluminum alloy substrate and polyurethane
coating, Thin Solid Films, 515, 7181-7189 (2007).
Jianhua Zou, Liwei Liu, Hui Chen, Saiful I. Khondaker,
Richard D. McCullough, Qun Huo and Lei Zhai, Dispersion
of pristine carbon nanotubes using conjugated block copolymers, Adv. Mater. (Weinheim, Ger.), 20, 2055-2060 (2008).
Jianhua Zou, Hui Chen, Anindarupa Chunder, Yixin Yu,
Qun Huo and Lei Zhai, Preparation of a superhydrophobic
and conductive nanocomposite coating from a carbon-nanotube-conjugated block copolymer dispersion, Adv. Mater.
(Weinheim, Ger.), 20, 3337-3341 (2008).
Qiu Dai, Janelle Coutts, Jianhua Zou and Qun Huo, Surface modification of gold nanorods through a place exchange
reaction inside an ionic exchange resin, Chem. Commun.
(Cambridge, U. K.), 2858-2860 (2008).
Xiong Liu, Qiu Dai, Lauren Austin, Janelle Coutts, Genevieve Knowles, Jianhua Zou, Hui Chen and Qun Huo, A
One-Step Homogeneous Immunoassay for Cancer Biomarker
Detection Using Gold Nanoparticle Probes Coupled with Dynamic Light Scattering, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 130, 2780-2782
(2008).
Qiu Dai, Xiong Liu, Janelle Coutts, Lauren Austin and
Qun Huo, A One-Step Highly Sensitive Method for DNA
Detection Using Dynamic Light Scattering, J. Am. Chem.
Soc, 130, 8138-8139 (2008).
Qui Dai, Surface engineering of gold nanoparticles and
their applications. (D)
IGARASHI, ROBERT Y. Assistant Professor. B.S,
1996, California State University, Fullerton; M.S, 1999,
California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D, 2005, Utah
CENTRAL FLORIDA
State University. Postdoctoral Scholar, 2005-2007, University of California, Berkeley. Biochemistry; Enzymology. We study iron-sulfur cluster (Fe-S) containing proteins that are essential to life. The two areas of current
focus are proteins involved in nitrogen fixation and RNA
processing. These proteins are studied using combined
genetic, biochemical and spectroscopic techniques to
gain mechanistic understanding of how the Fe-S clusters
catalyze some of the most difficult reactions found in nature. These investigations are aimed at the goal of aiding
future biomedical and bio-energy applications. TEL:
(407) 823-5451 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_igarashi.php
Email: rigarash@mail.ucf.edu
J. R. Cupp-Vickery, R. Y. Igarashi and C. R. Meyer, Preliminary crystallographic analysis of ADP-glucose pyrophosphoryalse from Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Acta Crystallography Section F Structural Biology Crystal Communications, 61, 266-268 (2005).
B. M. Barney, M. Laryukhin, R. Y. Igarashi, H.-I. Lee, P.
C. Dos Santos, T.-C. Yang, B. M. Hoffman, D. R. Dean and
L. C. Seefeldt, Trapping a hydrazine reduction intermediate
on the nitrogenase active site, Biochemistry, 44, 8030-8037
(2005).
B. M. Barney, T. C. Yang, R. Y. Igarashi, P. C. Dos Santos, M. Laryukhin, H.-I. Lee, B. M. Hoffman, D. R. Dean
and L. C. Seefeldt, Intermediates trapped during nitrogenase
reduction of N=N, CH3-N=NH, and H2N-NH2, Journal of
the American Chemical Society, 127, 14960-14961 (2005).
R. Y. Igarashi, M. Laryukhin, P. C. Dos Santos, H.-I. Lee,
B. M. Hoffman, D. R. Dean and L. C. Seefeldt, Trapping hydrogen on the nitrogenase active site FeMo-cofactor during
H2 evolution, Journal of the American Chemical Society,
127, 6231-6241 (2005).
B. Soboh, R. Y. Igarashi, J. A. Hernandez and L. M. Rubio, Purification of a NifEN protein complex that contains
bound Mo and a FeMo-co precursor from an Azotobacter vinelandii delta-nifHDK strain, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281, 36701-36709 (2006).
Simon J. George, Robert Y. Igarashi, Cinthia Piamonteze,
Basem Soboh, Stephen P. Cramer and Luis M. Rubio, Identification of a Mo-Fe-S Cluster on NifEN by Mo K-Edge Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, J. Am. Chem. Soc,
129, 3060-3061 (2007).
Jose A. Hernandez, Robert Y. Igarashi, Basem Soboh,
Leonardo Curatti, Dennis R. Dean, Paul W. Ludden and Luis
M. Rubio, NifX and NifEN exchange NifB cofactor and the
VK-cluster, a newly isolated intermediate of the iron-molybdenum cofactor biosynthetic pathway, Mol. Microbiol, 63,
177-192 (2007).
Leonardo Curatti, Jose A. Hernandez, Robert Y. Igarashi,
Basem Soboh, Dehua Zhao and Luis M. Rubio, In vitro synthesis of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase from
iron, sulfur, molybdenum, and homocitrate using purified
proteins, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A, 104, 17626-17631
(2007).
Jill R. Cupp-Vickery, Robert Y. Igarashi, Marco Perez,
Myesha Poland and Christopher R. Meyer, Structural analysis of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from the bacterium
Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Biochemistry, 47, 4439-4451
(2008).
Simon J. George, Robert Y. Igarashi, Yuming Xiao, Jose
A. Hernandez, Marie Demuez, Dehua Zhao, Yoshitaka Yoda,
Paul W. Ludden, Luis M. Rubio and Stephen P. Cramer, Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure and Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy Reveal that NifB-co, a
FeMo-co Precursor, Comprises a 6Fe Core with an Interstitial Light Atom, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 130, 5673-5680 (2008).
KOLPASHCHIKOV, DMITRY M. Assistant Professor. B.S, 1994, Novosibirsk State University, Russia;
Ph.D, 1999, Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russia. Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2000-2002,
National Institute of Genetics, Japan; Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2002-2003, Columbia University. Biochemistry; Biotechnology. Highly specific recognition of
proteins and nucleic acids; chemical synthesis and modification of nucleic acids; nucleic acid-based biosensors
and logic circuits; SNP analysis; structural DNA nanotechnology; biomolecular engineering; synthetic biology;
protein-nucleic acid interactions; structural and dynamic
aspects of protein-ligand interactions; approaches for inactivation and cross-linking of proteins and nucleic
acids. TEL: (407) 823-6752 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_kolpashchikov.php
Email: dkolpash@mail.ucf.edu
D. M. Kolpashchikov and M. N. Stojanovic, Boolean control of aptameric binding states, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 127,
11338-11341 (2005).
D. M. Kolpashchikov, Binary malachite green aptamer for
fluorescent detection of nucleic acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 127,
12442-12443 (2005).
M. N. Stojanovic, S. Semova, D. Kolpashchikov, J. Macdonald, C. Morgan and D. Stefanovic, Deoxyribozyme-based
ligase logic gates and their initial circuits, J. Am. Chem. Soc,
127, 6914-6915 (2005).
D. M. Kolpashchikov, A binary DNA probe for highly specific nucleic acid recognition, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 128, 1062510628 (2006).
Dmitry M. Kolpashchikov, A binary deoxyribozyme for
nucleic acid analysis, ChemBioChem, 8, 2039-2042 (2007).
Dmitry M. Kolpashchikov, Split DNA Enzyme for Visual
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing, J. Am. Chem. Soc,
130, 2934-2935 (2008).
KUEBLER, STEPHEN M. Associate Professor. B.S,
1991, Tulane University; B.A, 1991, Tulane University;
D.Phil, 1998, University of Oxford. Postdoctoral Research Scholar, 1988-1999, California Institute of Technology; Research Associate, 1999-2001, University of
Arizona; Assistant Staff Scientist, 2001-2003, University
of Arizona. Materials Chemistry; Nanochemistry. Laserbased 3D free-form patterning of materials and devices.
Fabrication and application of 3D waveguides and optical interconnects. Bio-templates for 3D nanofabrication.
TEL: (407) 823-3720 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_kuebler.php
Email: kuebler@mail.ucf.edu
Yun-Sheng Chen, Amir Tal and Stephen M. Kuebler,
Route to Three-Dimensional Metallized Microstructures Using Cross-Linkable Epoxide SU-8, Chem. Mater, 19, 38583860 (2007).
R. C. Rumpf, A. Tal and S. M. Kuebler, Rigorous electromagnetic analysis of volumetrically complex media using the
slice absorption method, Journal of the Optical Society of
America A, 24, 3123-3134 (2007).
Amir Tal, Yun-Sheng Chen, Henry E. Williams, Raymond
C. Rumpf and Stephen M. Kuebler, Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional copper metallodielectric photonic crystals, Opt. Express, 15, 18283-18293 (2007).
T. Jabbour and S. M. Kuebler, Axial field shaping under
high numerical aperture focusing, Optics Letters, 32, 527529 (2007).
Toufic G. Jabbour, Michael Petrovich and Stephen M.
Kuebler, Design of axially super-resolving phase filters using
the method of generalized projection, Optics Communications, 281, 2002-2011 (2008).
Toufic G. Jabbour and Stephen M. Kuebler, Vectorial
beam shaping, Optics Express, 16, 7203-7213 (2008).
Toufic G. Jabbour and Stephen M. Kuebler, Particle swarm
optimization of axially super-resolving binary phase diffractive optical elements, Optics Letters, 33, 1533-1535 (2008).
LIAO, YI Assistant Professor. B.S, 1995, Nankai University; Ph.D, 2001, University of Massachusetts. Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2001-2002, University of
Utah; Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2002-2006, University of Washington. Materials Chemistry; Polymer
Science. Organic optical, electronic and magnetic materials. Research on optical materials focuses on developing
2nd order nonlinear optical materials with high efficiency and low optical loss. Current efforts on electronic and
magnetic materials focus on developing polymers with
high charge mobility and understanding the electron and
spin interactions in organic conjugated materials. TEL:
(407) 823-2171 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_liao.php
Email: yliao@mail.ucf.edu
Xinjun Xu, Yi Liao, Gui Yu, Han You, Chong’an Di,
Zhongmin Su, Dongge Ma, Qian Wang, Shayu Li, Shuangqing Wang, Jianping Ye and Yunqi Liu, Charge Carrier Transporting, Photoluminescent, and Electroluminescent Properties of Zinc(II)-2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazolate Complex, Chem. Mater, 19, 1740-1748 (2007).
Philip A. Sullivan, Harrison Rommel, Yi Liao, Benjamin
C. Olbricht, Andrew J. P. Akelaitis, Kimberly A. Firestone,
Jae-Wook Kang, Jingdong Luo, Joshua A. Davies, Dong
Hoon Choi, Bruce E. Eichinger, Philip J. Reid, Antao Chen,
Alex K.-Y. Jen, Bruce H. Robinson and Larry R. Dalton,
Theory-Guided Design and Synthesis of Multichromophore
Dendrimers: An Analysis of the Electro-optic Effect, J. Am.
Chem. Soc, 129, 7523-7530 (2007).
Philip A. Sullivan, Benjamin C. Olbricht, Andrew J. P.
Akelaitis, Alok A. Mistry, Yi Liao and Larry R. Dalton, Tricomponent Diels-Alder polymerized dendrimer glass exhibiting large, thermally stable, electro-optic activity, J. Mater.
Chem, 17, 2899-2903 (2007).
Daniele Rezzonico, Mojca Jazbinsek, Peter Gunter, Christian Bosshard, Denise H. Bale, Yi Liao, Larry R. Dalton and
Philip J. Reid, Photostability studies of ␲-conjugated chromophores with resonant and nonresonant light excitation for
long-life polymeric telecommunication devices, J. Opt. Soc.
Am. B, 24, 2199-2207 (2007).
Haishan Sun, Antao Chen, Benjamin C. Olbricht, Joshua
A. Davies, Philip A. Sullivan, Yi Liao and Larry R. Dalton,
Microring resonators fabricated by electron beam bleaching
of chromophore doped polymers, Appl. Phys. Lett, 92,
193305/1-193305/3 (2008).
Michael Halter, Yi Liao, Ryan M. Plocinik, David C. Coffey, Sanchali Bhattacharjee, Ursula Mazur, Garth J. Simpson,
Bruce H. Robinson and Sarah L. Keller, Molecular Self-Assembly of Mixed High-Beta Zwitterionic and Neutral
Ground-State NLO Chromophores, Chem. Mater, 20, 17781787 (2008).
Ruhai Tian, Nishant Bhatambrekar, Yi Liao and Ming Su,
Photoresponsive polyacrylamide based on grafted azodianiline, J. Appl. Polym. Sci, 109, 3244-3248 (2008).
Yuriy V. Pereverzev, Kim N. Gunnerson, Oleg V. Pre-
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zhdo, Philip A. Sullivan, Yi Liao, Benjamin C. Olbricht, Andrew J. P. Akelaitis, Alex K.-Y. Jen and Larry R. Dalton,
Guest-Host Cooperativity in Organic Materials Greatly Enhances the Nonlinear Optical Response, J. Phys. Chem. C,
112, 4355-4363 (2008).
Greeshma Gupta, William H. Steier, Yi Liao, Jingdong
Luo, Larry R. Dalton and Alex. K.-Y. Jen, Modeling Photobleaching of Optical Chromophores: Light-Intensity Effects in
Precise Trimming of Integrated Polymer Devices, J. Phys.
Chem. C, 112, 8051-8060 (2008).
A. J. P. Akelaitis, B. C. Olbricht, P. A. Sullivan, Y. Liao,
S. K. Lee, D. H. Bale, D. B. Lao, W. Kaminsky, B. E. Eichinger, D. H. Choi, Philip J. Reid and L. R. Dalton, Synthesis and electro-optic properties of amino-phenyl-thienyl donor chromophores, Optical Materials, 30, 1504-1513 (2008).
Haishan Sun, Antao Chen, Benjamin C. Olbricht, Joshua
A. Davies, Philip A. Sullivan, Yi Liao and Larry R. Dalton,
Direct electron beam writing of electrooptic polymer microring resonators, Optics Express, 16, 6592-6599 (2008).
Haishan Sun, Antao Chen, Benjamin C. Olbricht, Joshua
A. Davies, Phillip A. Sullivan, Yi Liao, Zhengwei Shi, Jingdong Luo, Alex K. Jen and Larry R. Dalton, Polarization selective electro-optic polymer waveguide devices by direct
electron beam writing, Optics Express, 16, 8472-8479
(2008).
Saral Shah, Solution processible aromatic polyimides via
diels alder precursor. (M)
MASUNOV, ARTEM E. Assistant Professor. B.Sc,
1988, Moscow State University; Ph.D, 2000, City University of New York. Postdoctoral Research Associate,
2000-2002, City University of New York; Postdoctoral
Research Associate, 2002-2005, Los Alamos National
Laboratory. Nanochemistry; Theoretical Chemistry.
Computational and theoretical chemistry, nanoscience,
biophysics and crystallography. Methods: density functional theory, post Hartree-Fock methods, Molecular Dynamics, kinetic Monte-Carlo, solvation models, orbital
diagrams. Applications: molecular self-recognition, Hbonding and aggregation, catalysis and reaction mechanisms, proteins, organic and inorganic crystals, semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes, molecular
magnets, organic electronic and non-linear optical materials. TEL: (407) 882-2840 FAX: (407) 882-2819
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_masunov.php
Email: amasunov@mail.ucf.edu
Kyrill Yu. Suponitsky, Sergio Tafur and Artem E. Masunov, Applicability of hybrid density functional theory methods to calculation of molecular hyperpolarizability, J. Chem.
Phys, 129, 044109/1-044109/11 (2008).
Kyrill Yu. Suponitsky, Artem E. Masunov and Mikhail
Yu. Antipin, Conformational dependence of the first molecular hyperpolarizability in the computational design of nonlinear optical materials for optical switching, Mendeleev Commun, 18, 265-267 (2008).
Ivan A. Mikhailov, Sergio Tafur and Artem E. Masunov,
Double excitations and state-to-state transition dipoles in ␲␲* excited singlet states of linear polyenes: time-dependent
density-functional theory versus multiconfigurational methods, Phys. Rev. A: At., Mol., Opt. Phys, 77, 012510/1012510/11 (2008).
MATTSON, GERALD A. Lecturer. B.A, 1965, Duke
University; Ph.D, 1980, Auburn University. Forensic
Science; Polymer Science. Forensic analysis of textiles
and fibers. TEL: (407) 823-0115 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Email: mattson@mail.ucf.edu
No publication information submitted for this edition.
MIERZWA, JERZY Instrumentation Specialist. M.S,
1981, University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska; Ph.D,
1990, Wroclaw University of Technology. Max Planck
Research Fellow, 1993, Max Planck Institute for Metal
Research; Visiting Research Fellow, 1994-1995, University of Western Sydney-Nepean; Visiting Senior Research Scientist, 1998, National Institute of Materials
and Chemical Research, Japan. Analytical Chemistry;
Environmental Chemistry. TEL: (407) 823-1260 FAX:
(407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_mierzwa.php
Email: jmierzwa@mail.ucf.edu
No publication information submitted for this edition.
MILES, D. HOWARD (b.1943) Professor of Chemistry. B.S, 1965, Birmingham-Southern College; Ph.D,
1970, Georgia Tech. NIH Fellowship, 1969-1970, Stanford University. Natural Products Chemistry; Organic
Chemistry. Bioactive agents from natural products, synthesis of biologically important molecules, development
of new synthetic reagents, chemoecological and environmental studies. TEL: (407) 823-0142 FAX: (407) 8232252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_miles.php
Email: hmiles@mail.ucf.edu
hmiles@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
No publication information submitted for this edition.
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CENTRAL FLORIDA
Stephen Rhoden, Synthesis of novel aziridine derivatives
of podocarpic acid. (M)
PEREZ, J. MANUEL Assistant Professor. B.S, 1986,
University of Puerto Rico; M.S, 1990, University of
Puerto Rico; Ph.D, 1998, Boston University. Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1998-2000, Tufts University;
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2000-2005, Harvard
Medical School. Chemical Biology; Nanochemistry. Development of nanoparticle technologies and their application in nanomedicine, molecular imaging, and molecular diagnostics: novel multifunctional nanoagents for
diagnostics and treatment of cancer and atherosclerosis;
sensitive and high throughput pathogen and toxin detection using magnetic nanoparticles and NMR/MRI detection; new diagnostic methods for telomerase activity and
telomere length and other cancer related targets. TEL:
(407) 882-2843 FAX: (407) 882-2819
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_perez.php
Email: jmperez@mail.ucf.edu
Charalambos Kaittanis, Saleh A. Naser and J. Manuel Perez, One-Step, Nanoparticle-Mediated Bacterial Detection
with Magnetic Relaxation, Nano Lett, 7, 380-383 (2007).
Sudip Nath, Charalambos Kaittanis, Alisa Tinkham and J.
Manuel Perez, Dextran-Coated Gold Nanoparticles for the
Assessment of Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Anal. Chem.
(Washington, DC, U. S.), 80, 1033-1038 (2008).
SANTRA, SWADESHMUKUL Assistant Professor.
B.Sc, 1987, Vidyasagar University; M.Sc, 1992, University of Kalyani; Ph.D, 1998, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Postdoctoral Research Associate, 19982002, University of Florida; Research Assistant Professor, 2002-2005, University of Florida. Materials Chemistry; Nanochemistry. Nanobioimaging and sensing; biocompatible multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) for imaging, sensing and therapeutic applications. Synthetic
method to produce uniform-size water-soluble fluorescent NPs (e.g. coated quantum dots, dye-doped silica
NPs) as small as 5 nm and multimodal (fluorescent, radio-opaque and paramagnetic) NPs as small as 10 nm.
TEL: (407) 882-2848 FAX: (407) 882-2819
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_santra.php
Email: ssantra@mail.ucf.edu
Parvesh Sharma, Scott C. Brown, Glenn Walter, Swadeshmukul Santra, Edward Scott, Hideki Ichikawa, Yoshinobu
Fukumori and Brij M. Moudgil, Gd nanoparticulates: from
magnetic resonance imaging to neutron capture therapy, Adv.
Powder Technol, 18, 663-698 (2007).
Subhash Banerjee, Soumitra Kar and Swadeshmukul Santra, A simple strategy for quantum dot assisted selective detection of cadmium ions, Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U.
K.), 3037-3039 (2008).
Parvesh Sharma, Scott C. Brown, Niclas Bengtsson, Qizhi
Zhang, Glenn A. Walter, Stephen R. Grobmyer, Swadeshmukul Santra, Huabei Jiang, Edward W. Scott and Brij M.
Moudgil, Gold-Speckled Multimodal Nanoparticles for Noninvasive Bioimaging, Chem. Mater, 20, 6087-6094 (2008).
Soumitra Kar, Swadeshmukul Santra and Subhadra Chaudhuri, Direct synthesis of indium nanotubes from indium
metal source, Cryst. Growth Des, 8, 344-346 (2008).
Soumitra Kar, Swadeshmukul Santra and Helge Heinrich,
Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio Core-Shell CdS-Mn/ZnS
Nanowires by a Two Step Solvothermal Process, J. Phys.
Chem. C, 112, 4036-4041 (2008).
Soumitra Kar and Swadeshmukul Santra, ZnO nanotube
arrays and nanotube-based paint-brush structures. A simple
methodology of fabricating hierarchical nanostructures with
self-assembled junctions and branches, J. Phys. Chem. C,
112, 8144-8146 (2008).
S. Kar, S. Santra and S. Chaudhuri, Direct synthesis of ZnS
nanoribbons, micro-sheets and tetrapods, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, 3222-3227 (2008).
P. Tallury, K. Payton and S. Santra, Silica-based multimodal/multifunctional nanoparticles for bioimaging and biosensing applications, Nanomedicine, 3, 579-592 (2008).
Debasis Bera, Lei Qian, Subir Sabui, Swadeshmukul Santra and Paul H. Holloway, Photoluminescence of ZnO quantum dots produced by a sol-gel process, Opt. Mater. (Amsterdam, Neth.), 30, 1233-1239 (2008).
SIGMAN, MICHAEL E. Associate Professor. B.S,
1982, Southwest Missouri State University; Ph.D, 1986,
Florida State University. NIH Postdoctoral fellow, 19861987, University of Illinois, Urbana; NIH Postdoctoral
Fellow, 1987-1989, University of Chicago. Forensic Science. Forensic science analysis of physical evidence,
chromatography-mass
spectrometry,
laser-Induced
breakdown spectroscopy. TEL: (407) 823-3420 FAX:
(407) 823-3162
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_sigman.php
Email: msigman@mail.ucf.edu
Michael E. Sigman, Mary R. Williams and Rebecca G.
Ivy, Individualization of Gasoline Samples by Covariance
Mapping and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry,
Anal. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.), 79, 3462-3468 (2007).
M. R. Williams and M. E. Sigman, Performance testing of
commercial containers for collection and storage of fire debris evidence, Journal of Forensic Science, 52, 579-585
(2007).
Candice M. Bridge, Joseph Powell, Katie L. Steele and Michael E. Sigman, Forensic comparative glass analysis by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Spectrochim. Acta,
Part B, 62B, 1419-1425 (2007).
M. Stearman, E. Stierlin , M. E. Sigman, D. W. Roubik
and D. Dorrien, Stradivarius in the jungle: Traditional knowledge and the use of “black beeswax” among the yuquí of the
bolivian amazon, Human Ecology, 36, 149-159 (2008).
M. E. Sigman, M. R. Williams, J. A. Castelbuono, J. G.
Colca and C. D. Clark, Ignitable liquid classification and
identification using the summed-ion mass spectrum, Instrumentation Science and Technology, 36, 375-393 (2008).
Michael E. Sigman, C. Douglas Clark, Tara Caiano and
Rebecca Mullen, Analysis of triacetone triperoxide (TATP)
and TATP synthetic intermediates by electrospray ionization
mass spectrometry, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom, 22, 8490 (2008).
Erin McIntee, Forensic analysis of automobile paints by
atomic and molecular spectroscopic methods and statistical
data analyses. (M)
Jessica Frisch, Chromatographic and mass spectral analyses of oligosaccharides and indigo dye extracted from cotton
textiles with manova and anova statistical data analyses. (M)
Joseph Castelbuono, The identification of ignitable liquids
in the presence of pyrolysis products; generation of a pyrolysis product database. (M)
Katie Steele, Forensic analysis of C-4 and commercial
blasting agents for possible discrimination. (M)
Mary Williams, Advances in fire debris analysis. (M)
Candice Bridge, Discrimination of forensic trace evidence
using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. (D)
YE, JINGDONG Assistant Professor. B.S, 1996, University of Science and Technology, China; Ph.D, 2002,
University of Chicago. Postdoctoral Research Associate,
2002-2008, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago. Biochemistry; Organic Chemistry. We
combine biochemistry, molecular biology, RNA crystallography with Fab chaperone-assisted RNA crystallography (CARC) to elucidate the folding properties and the
high-resolution structures of riboswitches. The detailed
structure information will be combined with organic synthesis to design novel antibiotic drugs targeting these riboswitches. TEL: (407) 823-2136 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_ye.php
Email: jye@mail.ucf.edu
J. D. Ye, X. M. Liao and J. A. Piccirilli, Synthesis of 2’-Cdifluoromethyl ribonucleosides and their enzymatic incorporation into oligonucleotides, Journal of Organic Chemistry,
70, 7902-7910 (2005).
J. D. Ye, N. S. Li, Q. Dai and J. A. Piccirilli, The mechanism of RNA stand scission: Experimental measure of
betanuc, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46, 37143717 (2007).
J. D. Ye, C. D. Barth, P. S. R. Anjaneyulu, T. Tuschl and J.
A. Piccirilli, Reactions of phosphate and phosphorothiolate
diesters with nucleophiles: Comparison of transition state
structures, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 5, 24912497 (2007).
J. D. Ye, V. Tereshko, J. K. Frederiksen, A. Koide, F. A.
Fellouse, S. S. Sidhu, S. Koide, A. A. Kossiakoff and J. A.
Piccirilli, Synthetic antibodies for specific recognition and
crystallization of structured RNA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 82-87 (2008).
ZHAI, LEI Assistant Professor. B.S, 1993, East China
University of Science; M.S, 1998, East Tennessee State
University; Ph.D, 2002, Carnegie Mellon University.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2003-2005, MIT. Materials Science; Nanochemistry. 1) the synthesis of conductive polymers and the application of conductive polymer composite in energy conversion and storage devices,
2) the fabrication of silicon based ceramics with unique
thermal, mechanical and electrical properties from functional preceramic polymers, 3) the fabrication of ultrathin fibrous hydrogels and their application in controlled
drug release, molecular imprinting and sensing. TEL:
(407) 882-2847 FAX: (407) 882-2819
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_zhai.php
Email: lzhai@mail.ucf.edu
Minglin Ma, Malancha Gupta, Zhi Li, Lei Zhai, Karen K.
Gleason, Robert E. Cohen, Michael F. Rubner and Gregory
C. Rutledge, Decorated electrospun fibers exhibiting
superhydrophobicity, Adv. Mater. (Weinheim, Ger.), 19, 255259 (2007).
Anindarupa Chunder, Sourangsu Sarkar, Yingbo Yu and
Lei Zhai, Fabrication of ultrathin polyelectrolyte fibers and
their controlled release properties, Colloids Surf., B, 58, 172179 (2007).
Javier Bravo, Lei Zhai, Zhizhong Wu, Robert E. Cohen
and Michael F. Rubner, Transparent Superhydrophobic Films
Based on Silica Nanoparticles, Langmuir, 23, 7293-7298
(2007).
Jianhua Zou, Liwei Liu, Hui Chen, Saiful I. Khondaker,
Richard D. McCullough, Qun Huo and Lei Zhai, Dispersion
of pristine carbon nanotubes using conjugated block copolymers, Adv. Mater. (Weinheim, Ger.), 20, 2055-2060 (2008).
Jianhua Zou, Hui Chen, Anindarupa Chunder, Yixin Yu,
Qun Huo and Lei Zhai, Preparation of a superhydrophobic
and conductive nanocomposite coating from a carbon-nanotube-conjugated block copolymer dispersion, Adv. Mater.
(Weinheim, Ger.), 20, 3337-3341 (2008).
Ligong Zhang, Yansong Wang, Yun Wei, Weixing Xu,
Danjie Fang, Lei Zhai, Kuo-Chi Lin and Linan An, A silicon
carbonitride ceramic with anomalously high piezoresistivity,
J. Am. Ceram. Soc, 91, 1346-1349 (2008).
Sourangsu Sarkar, Anindarupa Chunder, Weifeng Fei, Linan An and Lei Zhai, Superhydrophobic mats of polymer-derived ceramic fibers, J. Am. Ceram. Soc, 91, 2751-2755
(2008).
ZOU, SHENGLI Assistant Professor. B.A, 1993,
Shandong University; M.S, 1996, Shandong University;
Ph.D, 2002, Emory University. Postdoctoral Research
Associate, 2003-2006, Northwestern University. Nanochemistry; Theoretical Chemistry. Development of new
algorithms for investigating the optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles and particle arrays with electromagnetic dynamics. Interest includes the development of
the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD), Discrete
Dipole Approximation (DDA), and Multiple Multipole
(MMP) methods along with directed or self assembly of
super molecules on a surface or in solution. TEL: (407)
823-4123 FAX: (407) 823-2252
Web: chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_zou.php
Email: szou@mail.ucf.edu
Erin M. Hicks, Olga Lyandres, W. Paige Hall, Shengli
Zou, Matthew R. Glucksberg and Richard P. Van Duyne,
Plasmonic properties of anchored nanoparticles fabricated by
reactive ion etching and nanosphere lithography, Journal of
Physical Chemistry C, 111, 4116-4124 (2007).
Ion Cohanoschi, Arthur Thibert, Carlos Toro, Shengli Zou
and Florencio E. Hernández, Surface plasmon enhancement
at a liquid-metal-liquid interface, Plasmonics, 2, 89-94
(2007).
Shenli Zou, Electromagnetic wave propagation in a multilayer silver particle, Chemical Physics Letters, 454, 289-293
(2008).
Min Hu, Carolina Novo, Alison Funston, Haining Wang,
Hristina Petrova, Shengli Zou, Paul Mulvaney, Younan Xia
and Gregory V. Hartland, Dark-field microscopy studies of
single metal nanoparticles: Understanding the factors that influence the linewidth of the localized surface plasmon resonance, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, 1949-1960
(2008).
Christophe Hubert, Renaud Bachelot, Jérome Plain, Sergeï
Kostcheev, Gilles Lerondel, Mathieu Juan, Pascal Royer,
Shengli Zou, George C. Schatz, Gary P. Wiederrecht and
Stephen K. Gray, Near-field polarization effects in molecular-motion-induced photochemical imaging, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 4111-4116 (2008).
Shengli Zou, Light driven circular plasmon current in a silver nanoring, Optics Letters, 33, 2113-2115 (2008).