Events

Science Building 1, room 107, 1025 SW Mill Street
 

Portland State University Professor of Chemistry, David H. Peyton, will present Chemistry for public health: Malaria drug development & Electronic cigarettes at the Department of Chemistry's weekly seminar series 

About Professor Peyton

Dr. Peyton's research is centered on medicinal and biophysical chemistry, with emphasis in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in biological systems, and developing antimalarial drugs. He also directs the Portland State University NMR facility, which serves the entire Portland area.

The Peyton group applies a variety of tools, depending on the nature of a particular problem. These tools include organic synthesis, electronic spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, and computer modeling. Specific projects currently being investigated include reversed chloroquines as antimalarial agents, protein structure/function studies, subtilisin & furin, and tobacco smoke chemistry.

About the Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry maintains a teaching program of excellence at the undergraduate level and a graduate program emphasizing cutting-edge research in the chemistry of the environment, novel materials and biological systems. The Department's curriculum, faculty, library, and facilities of the department are accredited by the American Chemical Society.

The Department of Chemistry hosts eminent scholars from throughout the field of chemistry at our weekly seminar series