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Chemical Dreams

UM spin-off company offers major economic development potential

Don Kiely, a retired professor emeritus of chemistry at The University of Montana, comes across as fairly unassuming at first glance. Six feet tall. Slim. Seventy-one years old. White hair. He and wife Judy, also a chemist, share a bathroom with a periodic table shower curtain.

But unassuming or not, Kiely dreams big.

For 11 years he directed UM’s Shafizadeh Rocky Mountain Center for Wood and Carbohydrate Chemistry, a lab dedicated to unraveling the secrets of carbohydrates and finding practical applications for their use. He earned three patents during his UM tenure, with three more pending. (He added those Read More...

Student and Faculty Research

A priority within the College of Arts and Sciences is student and faculty research. The University provides students with the opportunity to research with professors or embark on their own research projects.

Student Research Projects

Jennifer Woolf holding a woodpeckerResearcher: Jennifer Woolf

Project:Connectivity and Conservation of the Black-backed Woodpecker

UM alumni, Jennifer Woolf, recieved a grant in order to study Black-backed Woodpeckers, while pursuing a Ph.D. at The University of Montana. Utilizing the resources and research community at The U of M, Jennifer Woolf created a website documenting her findings.

Faculty Research Projects

Nudibranch from Little Rock ArkansasResearcher: Art Woods

In collaboration with:Dr. Amy L. Moran, Clemson University & Dr. Robert D. Podolsky, College of Charleston

Project:Functional and evolutionary physiology of gastropod egg masses

Art Woods studies aquatic egg masses gaining a better understanding of evolution and organismal design.