Picture courtesy of
Dr. Edward Arnold (Rutgers University)

Center for Molecular Biophysics
& Biophysical Chemistry
Rutgers University
610 Taylor Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Phone: 732/445-6376

Fax: 732/445-1493

Roger A. Jones
Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Rutgers University
(732) 445-4900
Wright-Rieman Laboratories, Room A104

My research interests are in the synthetic chemistry of nucleic acids and nucleosides, and in synthetic approaches to elucidation of nucleic acid structure and interactions. It includes developing new methods for nucleoside synthesis as well as both DNA and RNA synthesis. Nucleoside derivatives of biological importance, and nucleosides containing stable isotopes such as 2H, 13C, and 15N, are synthesized and incorporated into short nucleic acid fragments. These molecules probe, via NMR, nucleic acid structure and interactions.