Chemistry Faculty

(listed in alphabetical order)

Our faculty are well-known in the chemistry community, including three editors of major ACS journals (Journal of Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Journal of the American Chemical Society), one member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, and the recipients of numerous prestigious awards.

The table below lists all of our faculty, as well as those in other departments with appointments in the Department of Chemistry. Click on the links below a faculty name to learn more about their research, or on one of the links on the right to view a list of faculty in a specific area. The Group listings show faculty associated with the typical chemical disciplines, while the Cluster links display the faculty associated with each of these cross-disciplinary areas.

♦ Professor Emeritus
‡ Research Professor
§ Primary Appt. in Another Dept.

Robert K. Boeckman, Jr.

Marshall D. Gates, Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Chair


Synthetic Organic Chemistry

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Kara L. Bren

Professor of Chemistry


Bioinorganic and Biophysical Chemistry of Metalloproteins

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The Bren Group

Esther M. Conwell

Research Professor


Electrical and Optical Properties of Organic Semiconductors

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Joseph P. Dinnocenzo

Professor of Chemistry


Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

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The Dinnocenzo Group

Richard Eisenberg

Tracy H. Harris Professor of Chemistry


Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis, Structure and Reaction Chemistry

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The Eisenberg Group

Samir Farid

Research Professor


Photo-induced Electron Transfer Reactions

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James M. Farrar

Professor of Chemistry


Reaction Dynamics and Photochemistry of Ionic Species

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The Farrar Group

Rudi Fasan

Assistant Professor of Chemistry


Bioorganic chemistry, Chemo-enzymatic synthesis, and Chemical biology

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Alison J. Frontier

Associate Professor of Chemistry


Synthetic Organic Chemistry

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The Frontier Group

Joshua L. Goodman

Professor of Chemistry


Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

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The Goodman Group

Alan Grossfield§

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics


Investigating membranes and membrane proteins via computer simulation

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The Grossfield Group

Patrick L. Holland

Associate Professor of Chemistry


Synthetic Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

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The Holland Group

John R. Huizenga

Tracy H. Harris Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Physics


Complex Nuclear Fission Processes and Nuclear Properties of Actinide Nuclei

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William D. Jones

C.F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry


Mechanistic Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis

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The Jones Group

Jack A. Kampmeier

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry


Reaction Mechanisms: Free Radical and Electron Transfer Reactions, Chemical Education: Peer-Led Team Learning

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Andrew S. Kende

C. F. Houghton Professor Emeritus of Chemistry


Strategy and Tactics in Organic Synthesis

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Clara L. Kielkopf§

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics


Structural and Biophysical Basis of Normal and Disease-Associated pre-mRNA Recognition

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The Kielkopf Group

Todd D. Krauss

Associate Professor of Chemistry


Nanoscale Materials and Devices

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The Krauss Group

Robert W. Kreilick

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry


Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Solids: Rapid Motion in Solids, Structure of Solids, Energy Transfer in Solids

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Thomas R. Krugh

Professor of Chemistry


Structure Determination of Nucleic Acids by NMR

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David H. Mathews§

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics


Predicting RNA Secondary Structure

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The Mathews Group

David W. McCamant

Assistant Professor of Chemistry


Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Photophysics

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The McCamant Group

John S. Muenter

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry


Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Properties and Dynamics

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Bradley L. Nilsson

Assistant Professor of Chemistry


Bioorganic, Protein and Biopolymer Engineering using Organic Synthesis

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Misha Ovchinnikov

Assistant Professor of Chemistry


Quantum Molecular Dynamics

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Eric M. Phizicky§

Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics


tRNA Biogenesis, Function and Quality Control

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The Phizicky Group

Oleg V. Prezhdo

Professor of Chemistry


Theory and modeling of quantum-classical dynamics of condensed phase chemical, physical and biological systems

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Lewis Rothberg

Professor of Chemistry


Organic Device Science

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The Rothberg Group

William H. Saunders, Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry


Ab Initio and Valence Bond Calculations of Proton Transfer and Elimination Reactions

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Wolf-Udo Schröder

Professor of Chemistry and Physics


Dynamics of Complex Nuclear Reactions

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The Schröder Group

Harry A. Stern

Assistant Professor of Chemistry


Computational Chemistry

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The Stern Group

Ching W. Tang§

Doris Johns Cherry Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemistry


Applications of Organic Electronic Devices

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Douglas H. Turner

Professor of Chemistry


Biophysical Chemistry of RNA Folding and Therapeutics

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The Turner Group

Joseph E. Wedekind§

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics


Catalytic Strategies of Ribozymes

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The Wedekind Group

Daniel J. Weix

Assistant Professor of Chemistry


Organic Methods Development, Organometallic Chemistry, and Catalysis

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The Weix Group
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