Analytical Chemistry at SDSU

The Analytical Chemistry Group at SDSU is led by faculty members with expertise in each of five major areas of analytical instrumentation and methodology: separations (Chris Harrison), magnetic resonance (Greg Holland), microfluidic assays (Juan Hu), and microscopy (Youngkwang Lee), and mass spectrometry (Laura-Isobel McCall), laser spectroscopy (William Tong).

These groups have a diverse range of interests coupled with these specialties:

• Harrison: capillary electrophoretic separations, with a focus on biologically important compounds;
• Holland: NMR spectroscopy and other approaches to analyze biological and biologically-inspired materials;
• Hu: microfluidic sampling to develop analytical techniques and models to study cell membrane permeability;
• Lee: spectroscopic biosensors that allow single-molecule analysis of signaling reactions and development of functional nanostructure/biomolecule hybrids;
• McCall: chemical cartography that allows whole-organism mapping to investigate disease causation and treatment;
• Tong: low detection limit studies of compounds with applications ranging from human health to homeland security.