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
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