Andy I Nguyen

Email Address: andyn@uic.edu
College: Liberal Arts and Sciences Department: Chemistry
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: 4246 Phone: 9494336367
Webpage: https://www.ainguyenlab.com/
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes

Research Interest:
Finding solutions to renewable energy storage, sustainability, and smarter health treatment has never been more urgent. Metal-containing proteins in found in Nature hold the secret to solving these pressing challenges, and they inspire the way our group thinks about making new molecules.

These metalloproteins are highly complex in structure and dynamics, so our goal is to use synthetic chemistry to create simplified models that both mimics the protein and teaches us how it works. Thus, our research combines inorganic, organic, and chemical biology.

We are working to develop molecules for:
(1) Renewable energy storage and CO2 reduction (artificial photosynthesis)
(2) Fuel cells
(3) Molecular machines

The tools we use are:
(1) Organic synthesis
(2) Peptide synthesis
(3) Inorganic synthesis

Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 10

Qualifications of a Student:
Preference for sophomores and juniors with:
3.5+ GPA

Chemistry or biochemistry major

Interested students should see instructions on ainguyenlab.com

Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
Students should have at least 2 consecutive days available in their schedule for research.

Contact researcher via URE Email Webform

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