Collaborations

Collaborations

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." --- Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)

"Research is formalized curiosity.  It is poking and prying with a purpose." --- Zora Neale Hurston (African-American Writer & Anthropologist, 1903 - 1960)

Our bottom-up approach to collaborations is a key strategy for connecting and converting undergraduate-level initiated research into graduate-level studies. All of our research collaborations began as projects conducted by undergraduates  and/or high school students in either the Independent Research Period (IRP) or the Summer Research Period (SRP). This demonstrates that important new ideas and innovative experimentation is not exclusive to postbaccalaureate researchers and institutions.

Some ongoing research collaborations includes: (a) Design and Development of Multimodal Molecular Sensors, (b) Synthesis and Biological Activity of Phenylpropanoid-based Hybrid Pharmacophores, and (c) Design, Synthesis and Applications of Novel Multicationic Dyes.

Current research collaborators include:

* Associate Professor Sherine Obare, Western Michigan University, Design and Development of Multimodal Molecular Sensors for Toxic Organophosphates

* Professor Bill Chobotar & Associate Professor Karen Reiner, Andrews University,Synthesis and Biological Activity of Phenylpropanoid-based Hybrid Pharmacophores

* Associate Professor David Mbungu, Andrews University, Synthesis and Toxicological Entomology of Hybrid Insecticides

* Associate Professor Shawn Hitchcock,  Illinois  State University, Stereochemistry of Electrophilic Carbonyl Additions

* Assistant Professor Marlene Murray, Andrews University, Synthesis and  Activity of Haloacylal Valproate Drugs

* Professor Christel Gozzi, CPE Lyon, France, Development of Electrophilic Carbonyl Additions

* Professor David Nowack, Andrews University, Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Haloacylal Prodrugs

* Professor David Randall, Andrews University, Computational Studies of Donor Acceptor Azastilbenes

* Professor Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, University of Toledo, Synthesis and Interaction of Multicationic Dyes with Nucleic Acids

* Associate Professor Elizabeth M Sanford, Hope College, Synthetic Methodology Development for Poly(arylenevinylene) Materials