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.
Articles
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...