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Dr. Weber, professor of Chemistry, joined the
faculty at Briar Cliff in the fall of 1980. His primary teaching
responsibilities include courses in Organic Chemistry and
Biochemistry (CHEM 110,337,338,442,443) as well as a course in
scientific information (CHEM 01IR). He also joins other faculty
members at Briar Cliff in offering the "Black Hills Experience" at
the end of May.
His research interests are in the area of bioanalytical applications
of capillary electrophoresis. A report has appeared in a local
newspaper, The Sioux City Journal, on the activities of chemistry
majors using capillary electrophoresis in their research. More about
his research can be found by looking at the "Research Opportunities"
section of this Web page.
A list of his publications can be found here. |
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Dr. Bryan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
joined the faculty at Briar Cliff in the Fall of 2000. His teaching
responsibilities include Principles of Chemistry (CHEM 111, 112),
Quantitative and Qualitative Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.
His broad area of research is ruthenium metal complexes. He is
interested in synthesizing and using compounds of the general
formula [Ru(LLL)(LL)(SOx)]n+ to model the formation of acid-rain in
the atmosphere. As part of these projects, he would like to be able
to perform theoretical calculations on these molecules to identify
possible transition states and do energy minimization calculations.
Furthermore, because the oxidation of sulfur is dependent on the
electronic environment of the metal, he would like to be able to
characterize these complexes via cyclic voltammetry.
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