Professor, Bioinorganic and Organic Chemistry; First Year Advisor
mohlerdl@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://csma31.csm.jmu.edu/chemistry/faculty/mohler/group.html
Research Description
- Investigation of chromatin structure by DNA footprinting in vivo
- DNA cleaving agents
- Synthesis of siRNA analogs
- Preparation of organic and organometallic dyes for interfacial electron transfer studies in model solar energy systems
Education
- PhD, 1992, University of California at Berkeley
- BS, 1985, College of William and Mary
Select Publications
- Chen, D.; De, R.; Mohler, D. L., “A facile synthesis of thioalkyl- and di(thioalkyl)-substituted bipyridines,” Synthesis, 2009, 211-216.
- Huang, J.; Stockwell, D.; Huang, Z.; Mohler, D. L.; Lian, T. “Photoinduced Ultrafast Electron Transfer from CdSe Quantum Dots to Re-bipyridyl Complexes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5632-5633.
- Mohler, D. L.; Downs, J. R.; Coonce, J. G.; Mirandi, J. L.; Riera, L.; Reira, V.; Pérez, J. “Dual Mechanisms of DNA Damage by MoX(h3-allyl)(CO)2(phen) Complexes,” J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 8755-8759.
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
