A research team collaboration from the University of Missouri-Columbia and Missouri S&T published a recent paper in ChemPhysChem and the team included:

• Dr. Fabio Gallazzi, research assistant professor for MU’s Molecular Interaction Core.
• Dr. Rainer Glaser, professor of chemistry for Missouri S&T.
• Dr. Joseph Schell, MU alumnus and former MU doctoral student of Dr. Rainer Glaser.
• Dr. Wei Wycoff, retired senior research specialist for MU’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core.
• Dr. Kaidi Yang, MU alumna, former MU doctoral student of Dr. Rainer Glaser and postdoctoral research associate for chemistry at Missouri S&T also with Glaser.

The chemistry research studied Rubisco-mimetic CO₂ capture and release (CCR) systems for reversible CO₂ capture from air. In their recent paper in ChemPhysChem, the team reported on the determination of the thermochemistry of carbamylation of butylamine and of KDDE-type oligopeptides (H₃C-CO-Lys-Asp-Asp-Glu-NH₂) in aqueous solution as a function of pH.

The accomplishment of this research required broad expertise in physical organic chemistry, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, peptide chemistry and NMR spectroscopy.