Office: CHB 112
Phone: (405) 325-3502
Email: rawheeler@ou.edu
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Ralph A. Wheeler
- Presidential Professor
- B.S. in Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College; Claremont,
CA.
- Ph.D. in Applied Theoretical Chemistry, Cornell
University; Ithaca, NY.
- President's Associates Presidential Professor
2003-present
- Outstanding Service Award,
American Chemical Society Computers in Chemistry
Division 2004
- Regents' Award for Research 2002
- Junior Faculty Research Fellow 1990, 1991,
and 1993
- NIH Postdoctoral Fellow 1989
- National Research Council Associate 1987 (declined)
- Sigma Xi member 1982-1987
- ARCS Foundation Scholar 1981-1982
- National Merit Scholar 1978-1982
- National Society of Professional Engineers'
Scholar 1978-1980
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Division:
- Physical and Computational Chemistry
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Research Description
Our research program involves fundamental studies in
computational chemistry, with special emphasis on training
and research in new ways to analyze molecular dynamics,
quantum chemical, and quantum mechanical/molecular mechanics
(QM/MM) simulations to solve practical problems in biochemistry
and materials science. Ongoing applications projects
include (1) optimizing electron transfer in photosynthesis,
(2) predicting the structures and learning to control
the aggregation of prion proteins implicated in Alzheimer's,
mad cow, and other neurological diseases, (3) identifying
which polymer segmental motions drive ion transport
in polymer electrolytes to design new polymers for lithium
ion batteries, and (4) understanding structure and bonding
in nitrosyl metalloporphyrin complexes to combat the
cancer-causing properties of organic nitroso compounds.
For more information, see our Group
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Leopold Boilly "Grimacing Man (self portrait)",
c. 1822-1823.
University of Oklahoma Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 620 Parrington Oval, Rm 208 Norman, OK 73019-3051
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