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Hunter College

Dr. Charles Michael Drain

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Research summary

His research falls broadly into several areas interconnected by the themes of self-assembly and energy transduction: Self-Assembly of supramolecular photonics (organic, inorganic and materials chemistry), Combinatorial Chemistry & the molecular recognition of biomolecules (organic and biochemistry), Membrane Electrostatics & Conduction (theoretical and biophysical chemistry), & Porphyrin Photophysics (physical chemistry) for materials, sensors, and therapeutic applications.

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