Chemistry
Our accomplished faculty serves in editorial positions with the Journal of Coordination Chemistry, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, and European Chemical Bulletin, among others.
Several hold patents developed through their research, and are members and fellows of the American Chemical Society. Their impactful research on health- and materials-related chemistry contributes to answering some of society’s most pressing scientific questions.
Recent Grants include:
- Sergio Granados-Focil and Luis Smith, National Science Foundation: “An integrated study of ion dynamics and population distributions to understand the molecular underpinnings of charge transport through self-assembled solid polymer electrolytes”
- Noel Lazo, National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging): “Determinants of the Proteolytic Degradation of Soluble Amyloid-beta”
- Sergio Granados-Focil, in collaboration with Steven Van Dessel of WPI’s Civil Engineering Department, National Science Foundation: “Collaborative Research: Adaptive Building Enclosure Systems Using Cellular Solid-Solid Phase Change Materials With Variable Transparency”
- Donald Spratt, National Institutes of Health (National Institute of General Medical Sciences): “Structure and Mechanism of HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligases”
Submissions from 2025
Experimental approaches to investigate biophysical interactions between homeodomain transcription factors and DNA, Fadwa Mekkaoui, Robert A. Drewell, Jacqueline M. Dresch, and Donald E. Spratt
Submissions from 2024
Coordination complexes of isoquinoline with cobalt and nickel halides, Michelle A. Bellerive, Michael T. Kebede, Diane A. Dickie, Christopher Landee, Melanie Rademeyer, and Mark Turnbull
Copper(II) salts and complexes of 2-amino-5-nitropyridine*, Andrew G. Bellesis, Alexander J. Villani-Gale, Diane A. Dickie, Jerry P. Jasinki, Christopher Landee, Jan L. Wikaira, Roger D. Willett, and Mark M. Turnbull
Tetrazine cyclized peptides for one-bead-one-compound library: Synthesis and sequencing, Samir Das and Arundhati Nag
Synthesis, coordination modes, structures, and magnetic properties of halogen-substituted 2-hydroxypyridine, Mathew R. Graci, Firas F. Awwadi, Diane A. Dickie, Christopher Landee, and Mark M. Turnbull
Chloride bibridged Cu(II) chains with n-Br-2-pyridone molecules, Mathew R. Graci, Christopher Landee, Diane A. Dickie, and Mark M. Turnbull
Synthesis and evaluation of 2,5-substituted pyrimidines as small-molecule gankyrin binders, Dipti Kanabar, Emma I. Kane, Tejashri Chavan, Taylor M. Laflamme, Ethan Suarez, Mimansa Goyal, Vivek Gupta, Donald E. Spratt, and Aaron Muth
Development of Novel Immobilized Copper–Ligand Complex for Click Chemistry of Biomolecules, Rene Kandler, Yomal Benaragama, Manoranjan Bera, Caroline Wang, Rasheda Aktar Samiha, W.M.C. Sameera, Samir Das, and Arundhati Nag
Highly toxic Aβ begets more Aβ, Merc M. Kemeh and Noel Lazo
Copper(II) complexes of hindered diazines: methylquinoxalines, Christopher Landee, Mark M. Turnbull, Diane A. Dickens, Brendan Twambley, and Jan L. Wikaira
Well isolated copper(II) pyrazine-bridged chains: synthesis and magneto-structural analysis of 2-halo-4-pyridone perchlorate complexes, Jeffrey C. Monroe, Christopher P. Landee, Mark M. Turnbull, and Jan L. Wikaira
Copper bromide complexes with triethylbenzylammonium (TEBA): the ladder complex (TEBA)2Cu2Br6, the polymorph dimer α-(TEBA)2Cu2Br6, and the monomeric salt (TEBA)2CuBr4, Jeffrey C. Monroe, Christopher Landee, and Mark M. Turnbull
Magnetically tunable tetrahedral cobalt(II) halide salts a Send mail to Mukda B.A.; a; b; c;, Benjamin A. Mukda, John Giantsidis, Christopher P. Landee, Diane A. Dickie, Jan L. Wikaira, and Mark M. Turnbull
Alternating Cu(II) chains with bridging pyrazine, oxy- and halo-ligands, Benjamin A. Mukda, Christopher Landee, Diane A. Dickie, Jan L. Wikaira, and Mark M. Turnbull
Dichloridotetrakis(3-methoxyaniline)nickel(II), Benjamin A. Mukda and Mark M. Turnbull
A Copper-Selective Sensor and Its Inhibition of Copper-Amyloid Beta Aggregation, Ngoc Kim Nguyen, Bella Poduska, Mia Franks, Manoranjan Bera, Ian MacCormack, Guoxing Lin, Alexander P. Petroff, Samir Das, and Arundhati Nag
A perspective on the stimuli-responsive photoactivities of coumarin with a focus on redox-responsive photodynamic therapy (PDT), Vineeth M. Pillai, M.M. Sreejaya, Ajula C P, Haridev M., Anju Murali, Harikrishnan K K, Manoranjan Bera, and Moumita Gangopadhyay
Mechanistic analysis of viscosity-sensitive fluorescent probes for applications in diabetes detection, M.M Sreejaya, Vineeth Pillai, A. Ayesha, Maanas Baby, Manoranjan Bera, and Moumita Gangopadhyay
The synthesis and structures of four new copper(II) adamantoid clusters, Mark M. Turnbull, Benjamin Mukda, Diane Dickie, and Jan L. Wikaira
Hydrothermal synthesis of (C5H14N2)[CoCl4]⸳0.5H2O: Crystal structure, spectroscopic characterization, thermal behavior, magnetic properties and biological evaluation, Sandra Walha, Noureddine Mhadhbi, Basem F. Ali, Abdellah Kaiba, Ahlem Guesmi, Wesam Abd El-Fattah, Naoufel Ben Hamadi, Mark M. Turnbull, Ferdinando Costantino, and Houcine Naïli
The disordered negatively charged C-terminus of the large HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase HERC2 provides structural and thermal stability to the HECT C-lobe, Kelly L. Waters, Kayla J. Rich, Noah D. Schwaegerle, Tianyi Yang, Shuanghong Huo, and Donald E. Spratt
New Discoveries on Protein Recruitment and Regulation during the Early Stages of the DNA Damage Response Pathways, Kelly Waters and Donald E. Spratt
Submissions from 2023
A copper(II) coordination polymer of formate-bridged dimers: an alternating S = ½ antiferromagnetic chain, Anthony W. Addison, Raymond Butcher, and Mark Turnbull
Pyridyl-imidazole copper compounds, Alma Araujo Martinez, Christopher L. Landee, Diane Dickie, Jan L. Wikaira, Fan Xiao, and Mark M. Turnbull
A family of methoxide-bridged Cu(II) compounds with N-heterocyclic ligands: dimers and chains, Alma P. Araujo-Martinez, Kesli Faber, Diane A. Dickie, Christopher P. Landee, Mark M. Turnbull, Brendan Twamley, and Nathan Huynh
