Professor & Department Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Owen McDougal is a Professor and department Chair with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Boise State University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2006. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. 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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About Owen M. McDougal
Dr. Owen McDougal is a Professor and department Chair with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Boise State University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2006. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. 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.
| 2006 - Present | Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2023 - 2026 | Acquisition of a Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry System for Multidisciplinary Research and Training |
| National Science Foundation - 2320410 | |
| MRI: Track 1 | |
| Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): Xinzhu Pu (PI), Julia Oxford (Co-PI), Jennifer Forbey (Co-PI), and Kenneth Cornell (Co-PI) | |
| $710,000 | |
| 2022 - 2022 | "Smoke Potato" Grant |
| Idaho State Department of Agriculture | |
| Idaho State Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant (ISDA SCBG) | |
| Colleague(s): Mike Thornton, Joe Guenther, Josh Bevin, and Addie Waxman | |
| $125,000 | |
| 2022 - 2022 | To demonstrate the enhancement to barley germination rate and efficiency, water conservation and energy reduction, achieved using PEF system technology |
| IGEM Commerce program | |
| Colleague(s): Jim Gratzek | |
| $160,357 | |
| 2022 - 2022 | To optimize PEF treatment of white and red grapes grown at Lanae Ridge Vineyard, Sawtooth Vineyard, and Williamson Orchards and Vineyard, with the intent to improve quality (i.e., color, clarity, body, aroma, flavor, etc.) in wines produced by Cinder Wines, Telaya Wine Company, and Split Rail Winery |
| Idaho State Department of Agriculture | |
| Idaho State Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant (ISDA SCBG) | |
| Colleague(s): Jim Gratzek | |
| $164,783 |
Honors and Awards
- 2009 INBRE Program of the National Center for Research Resources, NIH Grant Collaborator
- 2008 USAMRAA Military Medical Research and Development Grant Recipient
- 2008 Idaho Technology Incentive Grant Program
Courses
- CHEM 307: Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 396/496: Research in Chemistry
Contact Information
E-mail: owenmcdougal@boisestate.edu
