Primary research focus has been on protein defects that cause inborn errors of metabolism, specifically those of the glycine cleavage enzyme system (GCS) which causes the disease nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH).
CHEM 1113 - General Chemistry 1
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Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Intended for first-semester students whose academic plans require advanced work in chemistry. Subjects: components of matter, stolchiometry, classes of reactions, gases, thermochemistry, atomic structure, electron configuration, chemical bonding, molecular shapes, covalent bonding, organic compounds, intermolecular forces, equilibrium. Department enforced prerequsites: one year high school chemistry or CHEM 1021 (min grade C-); high school math through pre-calculus. Not recommended for students with grades below B- in CHEM 1021. Department enforced corequsite: CHEM 1114. Not open to engineering students with exception of EPEN majors. Degree credit not granted for this course and CHEM 1400 and CHEN 1211 and MCEN 1024 and CHEN 1201.
CHEM 1114 - Laboratory in General Chemistry 1
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Spring 2026
Lab. Intended for first-semester students whose academic plans require advanced work in chemistry. Instruction in experimental techniques which coordinate with lecture topics in CHEM 1113. Department enforced prerequisites: one year high school chemistry or CHEM 1021 (min grade C-); high school math through pre-calculus. Not recommended for students with grades below B- in CHEM 1021. Department enforced corequisites: CHEM 1113 or CHEN 1201. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 1401 or CHEM 1221.
CHEM 1133 - General Chemistry 2
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Spring 2025
Intended for second-semester students whose academic plans require advanced work in chemistry. Subjects: acid-base equilibria, buffers and titrations, thermodynamics, redox reactions, electrochemistry, transition elements and their coordination compounds, solubility/solubility equilibria, crystal field theory, kinetics, nuclear chemistry. Department enforced corequisite: CHEM 1134. Degree credit not granted for this course and CHEM 2100 and CHEN 1203.
