Research


Analytical Chemistry

Research interests in the Analytical Chemistry division are representative of the great diversity of topics related to analytical chemistry.  Cutting-edge analytical techniques are used to characterize a wide variety of systems; from obtaining a fundamental understanding of the effect of…

Biological Chemistry

Research in Biological and Carbohydrate Chemistry includes the study of the structures and functions of proteins and complex carbohydrates to determine their roles in growth and development, host-pathogen interactions, and disease processes. To investigate their chemistry and their physiological,…

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Biomedical chemistry is a cross-disciplinary field that studies how organic molecules can be used to address medical problems. It combines chemistry and biological sciences to understand how chemical concepts can be used to fight disease. Biomedical chemists are medical scientists who apply…

Chemical Education

According to the National Research Council, “…research is a process for obtaining information, and scholarship is a process for converting information into knowledge.” (NAP, 1998).  The American Chemical Society defines scholarship to “…include discovery of chemical principles, integration of…

Computational/Theoretical Chemistry

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry focuses on the development and application of theoretical approaches in chemistry and related disciplines. 

Environmental/Atmospheric Chemistry

Environmental & Atmospheric Chemistry focuses upon understanding natural and anthropogenic emissions to the atmosphere, the transport, chemical and physical transformations of atmospheric constituents, and the effects of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry upon the environment, and…

Inorganic Chemistry

Research in the Inorganic Chemistry division is very diverse and includes broad subtopics including photochemistry, synthetic main-group chemistry, classic coordination chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, theoretical calculations, and chemical education. Techniques such as resonance Raman, Electron…

Materials Chemistry and Nanoscience

Major initiatives at the University of Georgia in Materials Science and Nanoscience have fostered a strong and diverse contingent of chemists and chemistry research programs in these areas, in additional to physicists, engineers and biologists. The vibrant chemistry research programs feature strong…

Medicinal Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacy involved with designing and developing pharmaceutical drugs. Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis and development of new chemical entities suitable for therapeutic use. It also…

Organic Chemistry

The faculty engaged in Organic Chemistry research have interdisciplinary programs that span the field of chemistry, including bioorganic mechanisms, complex carbohydrates, molecular recognition, biotechnology, natural products structure elucidation, new materials, organometallic synthesis, polymers…

Physical Chemistry

Research in the Physical Chemistry division is very wide-ranging and includes both experiment and theory.  Sophisticated techniques such as high-resolution spectroscopy and mass spectrometry are used to probe the molecular structure of metal ions, clusters and large biomolecules, as well as…

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Main Email: chem-web@franklin.uga.edu

Head of Chemistry: Prof. Jason Locklin