UCA Chemistry Faculty Research Links 

Department of Chemistry, University of Central Arkansas, Conway AR 72035

Interested students should contact individual faculty about working with them on specific research projects.

Faculty (specialty)	Research and scholarly interests
Carter, Nolan (Organic)	Synthetic models of oxidative stress to DNA
Desrochers, Patrick (Inorganic)	Nickel and cobalt amino acid complexes, biomimetics, nickel-hydrogen interactions
Dorey, Cameron (Analytical)	Ion trap mass spec, Analytical Science Digital Library
Isom, Lori (Biochemistry)	Cation-DNA interactions, DNA folding
Kelley, Melissa (Biochemistry)	Retinoid metabolism, therapeutic synthetic retinoids
Krause, Paul (Physical)	Chemical demonstrations development and testing
Manion, Jerry (Organic)	Multinuclear, multidimensional NMR
Perry, Don (Physical)	Surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy
Steelman, Karen (Analytical)	Petroglyph dating and trace analysis
Stanitski, Conrad (Inorganic)	Chemical education and textbook authorship
Tarkka, Richard (Organic)	Organic synthesis of polymers with tailored synthetic and biomimetic applications
Taylor, William (Physical)	Gas phase metal ion catalysis, gas phase organometallic chemistry
Weaver, K. C. (Organic)	Development of computer-driven classroom tutorials; computer programming