From left to right: Brian, Yutaro, Aminiel, Eric, Chulho, Qing


From left to right: Yang, Aaron, Kristy, Daveta (Dee), Chulho


UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

1) Eric M. Tee (2001-2003)

    "2D IR Correlation Spectra of Biological Samples Involving Carbon Nanotubes."

    Outcome:

    2 refereed papers and 5 conference presentations.

    CRC Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Student, 2001.

    Department Undergraduate Research Award, CSAM, 2002, 2003.

Email: emtee@ualr.edu

2) Brian Benedict (Fall 2002-2003)

    "Synthesis of Nanostructural Materials and Their Molecular Interactions with Biomolecules."

    2 conference presentations and one paper in J. Phys. Chem. B.

    Department Undergraduate Research Award, CSAM, 2003.

Email: naryboy@collegeclub.com

3) Aminiel Awichi (2000-2004)

    "2D IR Correlation Spectroscopy for a Biological Matrix."

    Outcome:

    2 refereed papers and 5 conference presentations.

    Department Undergraduate Research Award, CSAM, 2001 & 2002.

Email: axawichi@yahoo.com

4) Yutaro Kobayashi (Summer 2002-2003)

    "Synthesis and Optical Properties of Nanostructural Materials."

    CRC Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Student, 2002.

    1 ACS meeting presentation.

    Department Undergraduate Research Award, CSAM, 2003.

Email: yxkobayashi@ualr.edu

5) Giri Srikanthan (Summer, 2000)

    "Identification of Overlapped Near IR Bands of Glucose Anomers Using 2D IR Correlation Spectroscopy."

    Outcome:

    1 refereed paper and 3 conference presentations.

    Department Undergraduate Research Award, CSAM, 2001.

6) Kristy Kelley (Summer 2003-Present)

    "Optical Properties of DNA Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes."

    Outcome:

    One ACS meeting presentation (March, 2004) and one paper in J. Nanosci. Nanotech.

    Department Undergraduate Research Award, CSAM, 2004.

7) Virang Patel (Summer 2004)

    "Water-Soluble HiPco Nanotubes for H2O2 Related Optical Biosensing."

    Outcome:

    One ACS meeting presentation, March, 2005.

    Department Undergraduate Research Award, CSAM, 2005.

8) Aaron Haefele (Summer 2004-present)

    "Enzymes-Wrapped Water-Soluble Carbon Nanotubes."

    Outcome:

    One ACS meeting presentation, March, 2005.

    Department Undergraduate Research Award, CSAM, 2005.

9) Tabitha Gibbs (Fall 2004)

    "Dissolution of Surfactant-Encased Carbon Nanotubes in Organic Solvents."

10) Daveta Silas (Spring 2005-present)

    " Enzyme-Immobilized Carbon Nanotubes for Optical Biosensing."

11) Charlie Tucker (Summer 2005-present)

    " Toxcity of Water-Soluble Carbon Nanotubes in Cells."


GRADUATE STUDENTS:

1) Helen Tu (Summer 2005-present, Ph. D. candidate)

    "Development of Carbon Nanotube-Based Optical Biosensors."


2) Chul-ho Song (2000-2004, Ph. D. candidate)

    "Synthesis and Optical Properties of Soluble Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes."

    Outcome:

    4 research papers including one JACS paper and 10 conference presentations.

    Department Graduate Research Award, CSAM, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
Email: songchulho@hotmail.com

3) Qing Delgado (09/00-10/02, M. S. (Fall 2002), now an employee of Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality)

    "Preparation and Optical measurements of Luminescent Nanostructural Materials."

    Outcome:

    1 conference presentation and 1 paper in preparation.

    Department Graduate Research Award, CSAM, May 3, 2002.

Email: qing708@yahoo.com

4) Wei Li (Fall 1999)

"Stability Study of a Novel Lignosulfonic Acid-Doped Polyaniline"

Outcome:

1 paper and 1 conference presentation.


POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS:

1) Qingbin Xue (July. 2003-July 2004, Postdoctoral Fellow)

    "Organic Synthesis of Soluble Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes."


2) Chul-ho Song (2005-Present, Postdoctoral Fellow)

    "Water-Soluble Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Optical Biosensors."


3) Yang Xu (Jan., 2005-, Postdoctoral Fellow)

    "Preparation, Purification and Separation of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes."

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