Sheryl Ann Tucker

Program Director, National Science Foundation Associate Dean and Professor of Chemistry, University of Missouri
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As an analytical chemist, Sheryl Tucker's research is a distinctive combination of both fundamental and applied studies, involving complex systems ranging from organized media to nanomaterials to biological and environmental substances.
 
The overarching theme is the use of targeted experimental design to understand fully the intricacies of heterogeneous materials to ensure their successful integration in applications that ultimately benefit society.
 
While projects involve many techniques, the Tucker Group primarily focuses on molecular spectroscopy and chemical separations. Because of this expertise, collaborative research projects are also a natural fit.
 
Representative Projects and Publications

Program design and innovation to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in science

  • S.A. Tucker,* D.L. Hanuscin and C.J. Bearnes
  • The Pipeline: Igniting Girls' Interest in Science
  • Science, 2008, 319, 1621

 

Spectroscopic Characterization of Organized Media – Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers

  • D.L. Richter-Egger, A. Tesfai and S.A. Tucker*
  • Spectroscopic Investigations of Poly(Propyleneimine) Dendrimers Using the Solvatochromic Probe Phenol Blue and Comparisons to Poly(Amidoamine) Dendrimers
  • Analytical Chemistry, 2001, 73, 5743

 

Applications of Organized Media in Chemical Separations – Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers

  • K.K. Kline and S.A. Tucker*
  • Spectroscopic Investigations of Core-Based, Randomly Hyperbranched Polymers and Comparison with their Dendrimeric Counterparts
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2009, 113, 12891

 

Applications of Organized Media in Chemical Sensing – Development of Polymeric Fluorescent Nanosensors

  • E.J. Morgan, J.M. Rippey and S.A. Tucker*
  • Spectroscopic Characterization of Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers as Selective Uptake Devices: Phenol Blue Versus Nile Red
  • Applied Spectroscopy, 2006, 60, 551

 

Chemical Separations of Environmental Pollutants

  • C. Mao and S.A. Tucker*
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Separation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Pyridinium Chloride as a Selective Fluorescence Quencher to Aid Detection
  • Journal of Chromatography A, 2002, 966, 53

 

Probing Nanocapsules via Fluorescent Reporter Molecules

 -Collaboration with Professor Jerry Atwood, MU Chemistry Department

  • S.J. Dalgarno, S.A. Tucker,* D.B. Bassil and J.L. Atwood*
  • Fluorescent Guest Molecules Report Ordered Inner Phase of Host-Capsules in Solution
  • Science, 2005, 309, 2037

 

Spectroscopic Investigations of Photosensitizing Agents Used in Photodynamic Therapy – Treatment of Cancerous Tumors in Horses

-Collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Giuliano, MU Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

  • E.J. Morgan, J.L. Whetstine, E.A. Giuliano and S.A. Tucker*
  • Application of a Fluorescence Assay for the Quantification of the Photodynamic 
       Agent Photofrin® in Horses
  • Applied Spectroscopy, 2007, 61, 450

 

 *Corresponding Author