USC Chem Faculty
This professor specializes in photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reactions, and is our faculty advisor!
Who is Prof. Dawlaty?
The Nobel was won in 2020 by Dr. Doudna and Dr. Charpentier for this discovery.
Yum! This chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars to create melanoidins, the compounds that give browned food its distinctive flavor.
What is the Maillard reaction?
Although it’s rare on Earth, this is the most common element in the universe.
What is hydrogen?
The mixing of these two household items leads to the formation of chlorine gas.
This professor specializes in organic chemistry, and emphasizes paradigm shifts.
Who is Dr. Kyung Jung?
These researchers won the Nobel in 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
Who are Dr. Sharpless, Dr. Bertozzi, and Dr. Meldal?
This is an organic reaction that uses a palladium complex catalyst to cross-couple a boronic acid to an organohalide, and won the Nobel in 2010.
What is a Suzuki reaction?
This element is the most receptive and electronegative of all the chemical elements.
What is fluorine?
This isn't about colored bovine, this type of chemical reaction is how we charge our phones.
What is a redox (reduction-oxidation) reaction?
This professor studies physical chemistry at surfaces, and teaches CHEM107.
Who is Dr. Benderskii?
The Nobel was won in 2008 by Dr. Shimomura, Dr. Chalfie and Dr. Tsien for this bright idea.
What is the discovery of GFP?
This reaction is the addition of an organomagnesium halide to a carbonyl group (ketone or aldehyde), to form an alcohol.
What is the Grignard Reaction?
This element (one of 24 correct answers) is not found naturally anywhere on Earth.
What is:
Americium Am 95 1944
Curium Cm 96 1944
Berkelium Bk 97 1949
Californium Cf 98 1950
Einsteinium Es 99 1952
Fermium Fm 100 1952
Mendelevium Md 101 1955
Nobelium No 102 1965
Lawrencium Lr 103 1961
Rutherfordium Rf 104 1969 (USSR and US) *
Dubnium Db 105 1970 (USSR and US) *
Seaborgium Sg 106 1974
Bohrium Bh 107 1981
Hassium Hs 108 1984
Meitnerium Mt 109 1982
Darmstadtium Ds 110 1994
Roentgenium Rg 111 1994
Copernicium Cn 112 1996
Nihonium Nh 113 2003–04
Flerovium Fl 114 1999
Moscovium Mc 115 2003
Livermorium Lv 116 2000
Tennessine Ts 117 2009
Oganesson Og 118 2002
This toxic product is obtained when mixing Bleach + Rubbing alcohol.
What is chloroform?
This professor specializes in inorganic phosphorescent diodes.
Who is Prof. Mark Thompson?
The Nobel Prize was won in 1991 by Dr. Ernst for this magnetizing technique.
What is high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy?
This reaction is a condensation reaction in organic chemistry in which an enol or an enolate ion reacts with a carbonyl compound to form a β-hydroxyaldehyde or β-hydroxyketone, followed by dehydration to give a conjugated enone, and is a good way to form carbon-carbon bonds.
What is an aldol condensation?
Although this is the most abundant metal, this element is neither required by biological systems nor is it known to participate in any essential biological processes.
What is aluminum?
This is the balanced equation for alcoholic fermentation, used to produce beer.
C6H12O6 → 2 C2H5OH + 2 CO2
This professor studies organometallics and catalysis, and teaches CHEM325A.
Who is Prof. Travis Williams?
These researchers won the 2024 Nobel prize just one week ago for this discovery.
David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper for computational protein design and prediction via AlphaFold.
This synthesis converts primary alkyl halides to primary amines through a chemical reaction.
This element was frequently confused with lead because it was similarly a heavy metal with a low melting point.
What is bismuth?
These two household items combine (their names) to create the corrosive peracetic/ peroxyacetic acid.
What are Hydrogen peroxide + Vinegar?