Charles R. Sweet
Associate Professor
Duke University
(410) 293-6643
Chemistry Department
U.S. Naval Academy
572M Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5026
Research Interests
The Sweet lab focuses on the chemistry and potential applications of microbial natural products, including biofuels from extremophilic algae, antibiotics from airborne microbes, and endotoxin molecules from arctic bacteria. Current work includes isolation and growth of organisms using the techniques of microbiology, discovery and structural determination with organic and analytical chemistry, and characterization of novel bioactive compounds using both biological and chemical techniques.
