Dr. Owen McDougal is an Associate Professor with the Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry. Dr. McDougal’s research interests include nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
spectroscopy, biomedical research of neurotoxins, and properties of biomass fuel
briquettes. Dr. McDougal’s teaching interests focus on the instruction of Organic
Spectroscopy. He has worked toward a systematic approach to introduce NMR, IR, and GC-MS
instrumentation and to provide students with the opportunity to become very proficient in
the analysis of data acquired from this instrumentation. In addition to publishing and
presenting, Dr. McDougal has worked on a variety of grant projects. In 2009 he served as
a collaborator on a NIH Grant from the INBRE Program of the National Center for Research
Resources.

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Structural Basis for α-Conotoxin Potency and Selectivity (with Matt Turner, Seth Eidemiller, Bryan Martin, Andrew Narver, Joshua Marshall, and Kenneth A. Cornell), Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations (2009)

Parkinson’s disease is a debilitating movement disorder characterized by altered levels of α6β2* nicotinic acetylcholine...