Patrick Dussault
Acting Dean College of Arts and Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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OLDH 1223
Lincoln NE 68588-0312 - Phone
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402-472-6262 On-campus 2-6262
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patrick.dussault@unl.edu
A professor of chemistry, Dussault has been with the university since 1988. He served as chair of the chemistry department from 2001-2007, dean of graduate studies from 2011-12, and has been the associate dean for faculty in the college since 2020. He is well known for his distinguished contributions to the chemistry of organic peroxides, including synthesis of peroxide-containing natural products and innovative peroxide-mediated oxidation transformations.
He is currently part of a collaborative team of investigators from UNL, UNMC, and the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute that seeks improved radioprotectants. The work, which involves the Nebraska Drug Discovery and Development Pipeline, is funded by the Department of Defense through the National Strategic Research Institute.
Dussault earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from University of California at Irvine and his doctorate in organic chemistry from California Institute of Technology. Before joining UNL, he was a National Cancer Institute postdoctoral fellow at Duke University.