Bogdan Dragnea

Provost Professor, Chemistry

• dragnea@iu.edu
• (812) 856-0087
• Chemistry Building C231B

Research Interests
virus-based biomaterials; biophotonics; biophysical chemistry of virus self-assembly; methodologies for measuring microscopic dynamics in supramolecular complexes

David P. Giedroc

Distinguished Professor

Lilly Chemistry Alumni Professor, Chemistry

Adjunct, Biology

• giedroc@iu.edu
• (812) 856-3178
• Simon Hall 320C

Research Interests
metal sensor proteins in pathogenic bacteria; NMR structural studies of regulatory RNAs in mammalian RNA viruses

Martha Oakley

Professor, Chemistry

Affiliate, Biology

• oakley@iu.edu
• (812) 855-4843
• Simon Hall 320A

Research Interests
specific recognition by proteins of biologically relevant ligands; bacterial chromosome segregation; coiled coil proteins; structure and function of condensins and other structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins

Michael VanNieuwenhze

Standiford H. Cox Professor, Chemistry

Affiliate, Biology

• mvannieu@iu.edu
• (812) 856-7545
• Simon Hall 200A

Research Interests
synthesis, study, and design of antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis and bacterial cell morphology; development of HBV capsid-binding probes and assembly-directed antivirals; oxidized phospholipids in disease and diagnostics