Jay Forsythe
Associate Professor
Education
B.S. Furman University 2009
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology 2014-2016
Research Interests
Jay Forsythe’s research focuses on the chemistry of life’s origins. Specifically, his lab investigates properties and behaviors of model prebiotic peptides formed by environmental processes which may have occurred on the early Earth. Such work is expected to advance the field of origins-of-life chemistry while providing high-quality, hands-on training to undergraduates in mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, sample preparation, and data analysis.Courses Taught
- FYSE 109 The Origins of Life and Search for Life Elsewhere
- CHEM 112 / 112L Principles of General Chemistry II
- CHEM 220 / 220L Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
- CHEM 421L Instrumental Lab
- CHEM 423 Bioanalytical Chemistry