School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Faculty Research Groups Seminars REUs
This section contains links to faculty-maintained pages on research facilities and/or opportunities that aren't mantained by the University.
Research Areas: Biomedical research, drug development, organic synthesis, reaction mechanisms
Research Areas: Functional nanomaterials, surface chemistry, organoelectronic materials and devices
Research Areas: Catalytic RNA, therapeutic RNA, bioorganic chemistry, synthetic metabolic
pathway
Research Areas: Viral biomolecules interaction and drug discovery in HIV
Research Areas: Areas of analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, electroanalytical chemistry, surface chemistry, and bioanalytical chemistry
Areas of Expertise: Organic Synthesis, Catalysis, NMR Spectroscopy, and Computational Chemistry
Research Areas: Amyloid aggregation in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, intrinsically
disordered proteins in norm and pathology
Research Areas: Optical sensors for anions, cations and neutral compounds
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Our internationally-recognized researchers in computational mathematics are developing cutting-edge simulation techniques for use in high-performance computing environments. These algorithms serve a wide variety of real-world applications, ranging from medical imaging to petroleum reservoir engineering to national defense. Our faculty also bring expertise from mathematical physics, chaos theory, symbolic computation, celestial mechanics, and graph theory.
We collaborate with researchers at institutions such as the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers R&D Center and the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory and at universities around the world. These collaborations foster opportunities for rewarding careers, both inside and outside of academia, as well as external funding that enables students to focus on their research.
Other Mathematics faculty who also pursue research and/or direct student research
include:
Physics and Astronomy is working to develop broad capabilities in laser and optical physics to enhance its educational and research activities.
Speaker Seminar Series
Each fall and spring, chemistry and biochemistry hosts a series of seminars by outside
speakers on Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., normally in TEC 106.
Graduate Student Seminar Series
Graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry are required to make a public presentation
of their research each year on Thursday afternoons at 2:30 p.m., usually in TEC 106.
These often include prospectus, thesis, or dissertation defenses. Everyone in the
unit is strongly encouraged to attend these seminars to learn about ongoing research
and to support the students.
Mathematics Colloquium
The Department hosts a weekly colloquium on Fridays at 2 p.m., usually in Southern
Hall, room 303.
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Funded by NSF, this “Sensing and assembly based on non-covalent interactions” program will provide the participating REU students an extensive 10-week summer Chemistry and Biochemistry research experience (May 24 – July 30) at USM.