Chance Lander

Major Professor: Shao
Email: chance.lander@ou.edu

Hometown:
Colleyville, TX

High School:
Colleyville Heritage High School

Education:
B.S., Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas
Minor, Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas

I became interested in chemistry when I was a kid. My dad was showing me pictures out of a chemistry book to try and get me to fall asleep. One of the pictures was of a fullerene, a molecule that looks like a soccer ball. I thought it looked really interesting and wanted to know more about chemistry from that point on. I am working with Dr. Shao focusing on spin-crossing reactions. After graduation I plan to become a research professor.

Publications & Awards

Publications

Lander, C.; Satalkar, V.; Yang, J.; Pan, X.; Pei, Z.; Chatterji, A.; Liu, C.; Nicholas, K. M.; Cichewicz, R. H.; Yang, Z.; Shao, Y. Visualization of Electron Density Changes Along Chemical Reaction Pathways. Molecular Physics 2022, e2113566. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2022.2113566.
Nicholas, K. M.; Lander, C.; Shao, Y. Computational Evaluation of Potential Molecular Catalysts for Nitrous Oxide Decomposition. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61 (37), 14591–14605. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01598.
Jana, A. K.; Lander, C. W.; Chesney, A. D.; Hansmann, U. H. E. Effect of an Amyloidogenic SARS-COV-2 Protein Fragment on α-Synuclein Monomers and Fibrils. J. Phys. Chem. B 2022, 126 (20), 3648–3658. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01254.

Awards

Kenneth and Joye Harwell Scholarship, University of Oklahoma, 2022
Kenneth M. Nicholas Graduate Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, 2021
Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Texas at Dallas, 2016-2020