Dr. Jerry A. Darsey is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and  the Department of Applied Sciences, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is an adjunct professor in the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. He also consults for the FDA at the National Center for Toxicological Research. His B.S. degree is in Physics and his PhD is in Physical Chemistry both from Louisiana State University.

Dr. Darsey is the author or coauthor of approximately 100 manuscripts in the fields of molecular modeling, neural network simulations, conformational modeling of polymers and proteins, Monte-Carlo modeling; and a book in final revision on applications of neural networks to molecular and biomolecular systems.

He has made over 200 presentations at regional, national and international meetings. He also is inventor or co-inventor on 10 patents currently pending in the Unites States Patent and Trademark office. Dr. Darsey’s research interests are primarily in computer modeling techniques of atomic and molecular systems for the elucidation of their chemical and physical properties. He is also working in the area of nanotechnology to model atomic and molecular nanoclusters for applications to enhanced hydrogen storage. As either a PI or Co-PI, he has received approximately $2 million in funding from NASA, Department of Energy, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority and American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund.