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Research First!

Research in the lab of a faculty member enables students to become firsthand participants in new chemistry discoveries. Research experience is essential for those pursuing careers and further education in chemistry & chemistry related sciences. If you are interested in an undergraduate research position, please contact one of the professors listed below.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Mentor	Project Title
Dr. Barry Cheung ccheung2@unl.edu	Design of nanostructured catalysts for green chemistry Minimum requirement: Good grades, positive attitude, integrity and dependability Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Stephen DiMagno sdimagno1@unl.edu	Anhydrous Fluoride Salts Minimum requirement: Chem 261-2, 251-2 or equivalent Pay negotiable depending upon qualifications
Dr. Eric Dodds edodds2@unl.edu	Bioanalytical mass spectrometry Minimum requirements: Sophomore standing or above Volunteering Students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Liangcheng Du ldu3@unl.edu	Bioorganic Chemistry Minimum requirements: Chem 252/262 or equivalent with B+ or above Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Patrick Dussault dussault1@unl.edu	Organic Chemistry Minimum requirements: Chem 262, 252 or equivalent Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Craig Eckhardt ceckhardt1@unl.edu	Mechanochemistry of organic molecules and alloy formation Green Chemistry of Metal Production Optical Properties of Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) Minimum requirements: Sophomores or above. Chem 261/263 or above. Advantage with Chem 481. Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Mark Griep mgriep1@unl.edu	Mapping the DNA and Helicae Binding Site of Primase Minimum requirements: Chem 262, 252 or equivalent Must sign up for 2 credits of Chem 399 or equivalent.
Dr. Jiantao Guo jguo4@unl.edu	In vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids for biochemical applications Design and evolve novel genetic regulators Biocatalysis: Using bacteria to synthesize valuable molecules from simple carbohydrate starting materials Minimum requirements: Basic knowledge in organic chemistry or biology Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. David Hage dhage1@unl.edu	Creation of flow-based methods for the high-throughput analysis of drug-protein binding constants and rate constants Characterization of the changes that occur in the structure of binding properties of serum proteins during diabetes Development and evaluation of affinity supports for the selective isolation & analysis of emerging contaminants in water and environmental samples Minimum requirements: Chem 116 or 221 and above Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Rebecca Lai rlai2@unl.edu	Design and Fabrication of Electrochemical Biosensors for Detection of DNA and Antibodies Electrochemical Characterization of Nanomaterials for Energy-related Applications Minimum requirement: Chem 221 or equivalent with B+ or above. Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Bob Powers rpowers3@unl.edu	NMR determination of proteins structures associated with pancreatic cancer Bioinformatic: Identify networks of proteins associated with pancreatic cancer Developing a systems biology approach to drug discovery Minimum requirement: Good grades, positive attitude and dependability. Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Andrzej Rajca arajca1@unl.edu	Organic MRI contrast agents Organic magnets Spin labels for proteins and other biomolecules Synthesis of helical molecules for chiral materials Minimum requirement: Good grades, positive attitude and dependability. Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Marilyne Stains mstains2@unl.edu	Chemical education Minimum requirement: Above CHEM 110 Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. James M. Takacs mstains2@unl.edu	Organic Chemistry Minimum requirement: Chem 262, 252 or equivalent Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.
Dr. Jian Zhang jzhang3@unl.edu	Design and synthesis of high stable and porous metal-organic frameworks Porous organic polymers for gas adsorption and separation Minimum requirement: Chem 109 and 110, or equivalent with B+ or above. Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Mentor

Project Title

Dr. Barry Cheung

ccheung2@unl.edu

Design of nanostructured catalysts for green chemistry

Minimum requirement: Good grades, positive attitude, integrity and dependability
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Stephen DiMagno

sdimagno1@unl.edu

Anhydrous Fluoride Salts

Minimum requirement: Chem 261-2, 251-2 or equivalent
Pay negotiable depending upon qualifications

Dr. Eric Dodds

edodds2@unl.edu

Bioanalytical mass spectrometry

Minimum requirements: Sophomore standing or above
Volunteering Students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Liangcheng Du

ldu3@unl.edu

Bioorganic Chemistry

Minimum requirements: Chem 252/262 or equivalent with B+ or above
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Patrick Dussault

dussault1@unl.edu

Organic Chemistry

Minimum requirements: Chem 262, 252 or equivalent
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Craig Eckhardt

ceckhardt1@unl.edu

Mechanochemistry of organic molecules and alloy formation
Green Chemistry of Metal Production
Optical Properties of Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)

Minimum requirements: Sophomores or above. Chem 261/263 or above. Advantage with Chem 481.
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Mark Griep

mgriep1@unl.edu

Mapping the DNA and Helicae Binding Site of Primase

Minimum requirements: Chem 262, 252 or equivalent
Must sign up for 2 credits of Chem 399 or equivalent.

Dr. Jiantao Guo

jguo4@unl.edu

In vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids for biochemical applications
Design and evolve novel genetic regulators
Biocatalysis: Using bacteria to synthesize valuable molecules from simple carbohydrate starting materials

Minimum requirements: Basic knowledge in organic chemistry or biology
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. David Hage

dhage1@unl.edu

Creation of flow-based methods for the high-throughput analysis of drug-protein binding constants and rate constants
Characterization of the changes that occur in the structure of binding properties of serum proteins during diabetes
Development and evaluation of affinity supports for the selective isolation & analysis of emerging contaminants in water and environmental samples

Minimum requirements: Chem 116 or 221 and above
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Rebecca Lai

rlai2@unl.edu

Design and Fabrication of Electrochemical Biosensors for Detection of DNA and Antibodies
Electrochemical Characterization of Nanomaterials for Energy-related Applications

Minimum requirement: Chem 221 or equivalent with B+ or above.
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Bob Powers

rpowers3@unl.edu

NMR determination of proteins structures associated with pancreatic cancer
Bioinformatic: Identify networks of proteins associated with pancreatic cancer
Developing a systems biology approach to drug discovery

Minimum requirement: Good grades, positive attitude and dependability.
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Andrzej Rajca

arajca1@unl.edu

Organic MRI contrast agents
Organic magnets
Spin labels for proteins and other biomolecules
Synthesis of helical molecules for chiral materials

Minimum requirement: Good grades, positive attitude and dependability.
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Marilyne Stains

mstains2@unl.edu

Chemical education

Minimum requirement: Above CHEM 110
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. James M. Takacs

mstains2@unl.edu

Organic Chemistry

Minimum requirement: Chem 262, 252 or equivalent
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

Dr. Jian Zhang

jzhang3@unl.edu

Design and synthesis of high stable and porous metal-organic frameworks
Porous organic polymers for gas adsorption and separation

Minimum requirement: Chem 109 and 110, or equivalent with B+ or above.
Volunteering students preferred. Will provide help for UCARE, fellowship, and other financial assistance.

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