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
Dr. 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 ElsewhereCHEM 112 / 112L Principles of General Chemistry II
CHEM 220 / 220L Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 421L Instrumental Lab
CHEM 423 Bioanalytical Chemistry