Organic chemistry deals with the structure, properties and reactions of organic compounds and other materials that contain carbon and involves the study of chemical reactions. Chemistry faculty conduct scientific studies on the chemistry of DNA, proteins and carbohydrates. Chemistry Department faculty members are involved in research in the areas of biophysics, computational chemistry, protein design, protein dynamics, enzyme catalysis, drug design, nucleic acid structure and function, NMR imaging and hydrodynamics.The department benefits from top-rated facilities in support of our research and teaching efforts, which include six high-field nuclear magnetic resonance instruments, six mass spectrometers, including LC-MS, GC-MS, electrospray and MALDI MS, and high-resolution capability, two Biacores (SPR), a combinatorial chemistry facility, computer clusters and university research supercomputers. The Chemistry faculty have an outstanding level of external grant funds and publications and consistently rank near the top in external grant support and publications at the university.