Dr. Jeremy Kua
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: ST 381
Phone: (619) 260-7970
e-mail Address:

Academic Background
B.A., Reed College
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Research Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego


Where to find me: Click here for my timetable this week.
Click here for my general Spring 2010 timetable.

Courses Taught in Spring 2010
Chem 152H    General Chemistry Lecture (Honors, 2nd semester)
Chem 312      Physical Chemistry (Statistical Thermodynamics and Kinetics)

Some Course Web Pages from recent years


Research Interests: Computational Chemistry
Main interest: Self-assembly and Self-organizing systems.
Other interests:
   Organometallic catalysis; methane activation.
   Reactions of small molecules on metal surfaces; heterogeneous catalysis; fuel cells.
   Enzyme catalysis; ligand-receptor interactions in proteins.

What is computational chemistry? Look at some of the Introduction links in my Resources for Computational Chemistry page.

What is self-assembly? Here's what Wikipedia says. Also see some excellent examples from the Whitesides Research Group at Harvard. And some nice pictures and descriptions of self-assembly in the kitchen and more.

Current/potential projects for 2009-2010
Interested in working on a research project in computational chemistry? Come by my office and talk to me. [Potential credit for Chem 496 during the semester; funding available during the summer.]

1. Ion and ligand solvation with application to self-organizing metal organic frameworks and organometallic catalysis.
2. Self-assembly of transition metal benzene clusters.
3. Self-assembly of covalent organic frameworks.
4. Oligomerization and reactions of glyoxal and its derivatives.

What are we currently working on? Kua Research Group
You can also look at the mini-poster on the door to our research lab (SCST 335).

External funding:
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Faculty Start-up Grant (08/2004-08/2010)
Research Corporation CCSA (06/2005-08/2007)
ACS-Petroleum Research Fund (09/2007-09/2010)

Publications

Computational Research Experience (i.e., projects I've worked on throughout my career)

Favourite Links


Snail Mail Address
Dr. Jeremy Kua
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110

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