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

Courses Taught in Spring 2008
Chem 101H   Chemistry and Society (Honors Section): Chem 101H Class Web Page
Chem 312   Physical Chemistry: Chem 312 Class Web Page
Chem 396W   Methods of Chemical Research: Chem 396W Class Web Page

Some Course Web Pages from previous years

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 Fall 2007/Spring 2008/Summer 2008
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. Kinetics and Thermodynamics of triorganoboroxines and their base adducts.
4. Self-assembly of Boron-containing covalent organic frameworks.
5. Oligomerization of glyoxal and its derivatives.
6. Self-assembly of SbCl3 and dioxane.

What are my students working on? Kua Research Group

External funding:
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Faculty Start-up Grant (08/2004-08/2009)
Research Corporation CCSA (06/2005-08/2007)
ACS-Petroleum Research Fund (09/2007-09/2009)

Publications

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

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