Discovery Chemist Aims to Drug the Undruggable
Jason Zbieg admits he has a competitive streak. It showed up in wrestling and baseball during his New Jersey childhood, and now he’s an avid golfer. “I just want to get as good as I possibly can in anything I do.”
Mimicking Photosynthesis to Make Fuel Cells Affordable and Green
Chemistry researcher and assistant professor Jing Gu, with San Diego State University, is focused on making hydrogen both affordable and green, through artificial photosynthesis that mimics the plants to convert solar energy into hydrocarbons that stores energy in chemical bonds.
SDSU Discovery May Lower Cost of Making Pharmaceuticals
The NSF funds chemistry professor Yong Yan’s groundbreaking work on drug synthesis.By Kellie Woodhouse A San Diego State University chemistry professor has made a discovery that could one day lower the cost of hundreds of prescription medications.Yong Yan and his team...SDSU Research Suggests Process for Lowering Cost of Hydrogen Fuel
“This is an exciting discovery for our group,” Gu said, whose research is supported by the National Science Foundation. “We recovered hydrogen from water using a low-temperature, low-pressure method with small-scale equipment in the lab.