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Research Faculty

Jeffrey Agar High resolution mass spectrometry studies of protein post-translational modification
Li Deng Asymmetric catalysis and asymmetric synthesis. Solid phase synthesis and combinatorial chemistry. Chiral recognition. Chemical approaches towards understanding protein functions.
Irving Epstein Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems
Bruce Foxman X-ray structure determination, coordination plymers, chemical, physical, and crystallographic studies of solid-state reactions
Anne Gershenson Protein dynamics, stability and folding. Optical spectroscopy of single molecules. Protein engineering and directed evolution
Lizbeth Hedstrom Relationship between protein structure and function in enzyme catalysis and inhibitor action. Understanding the effects of mutations in vivo.
Judith Herzfeld Solid state NMR studies of structure and functional mechanisms in membrane proteins.
Peter Jordan Statistical mechanics of membranes and of membrane transport. Electrostatic modeling of ion pores. Molecular dynamics. Theories of ionic solvation.
Philip Keehn Synthetic methods, organic synthesis of strained rings, and theoretically interesting molecules. Host-guest complexes. Plant medicinals.
Isaac Krauss Study of organic synthesis, including its interface with other areas of chemical science, including organometallics and chemical biology.
Oleg Ozerov Organometallic chemistry. Structure, bonding, and reactivity relationships. Catalytic applications of organotransition metal complexes. Ligand promoted reactivity at transition metal centers
Gregory Petsko Protein crystallography, especially direct observation of transient species by low-temperature and Laue methods. Signal transduction in allergy and chemotaxis. Protein dynamics.
Susan Pochapsky Self-assembly of chemical and biological systems. Transient interactions in solution by NMR. NMR of soluble proteins. Protein stability and folding by NMR and mutagenesis.
Thomas Pochapsky Self-assembly of chemical and biological systems. Transient interactions in solution by NMR. NMR of soluble proteins. Protein stability and folding by NMR and mutagenesis.
Christine Thomas Synthesis of new ligands and transition metal complexes with the ultimate goal of uncovering new approaches to the catalytic activation and functionalization of small molecules and organic substrates.
Barry Snider Synthesis of natural products, new synthetic methods, free radical chemistry, Lewis acid induced reactions, ketene cycloadditions
Dagmar Ringe X-ray crystallography of proteins. Studies of protein structure and function, enzyme mechanisms and protein-ligand and protein-protein interaction
Bing Xu

Biofunctional magnetic nanoparticles. Bioanalytical protocols and techniques for studying biological activity. Molecular hydrogels and interactions with biological systems.

Anatol M. Zhabotinsky Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems.

Teaching and Adjunct Faculty

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Andrzej Cieplak Lecturer in Chemistry. Organic chemistry and undergraduate laboratory development.
Milos Dolnik Assistant Professor in Chemistry. Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems.
Arthur Reis Lecturer in Chemistry. Single mtDNA molecule amplification for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) determination in Human biological samples that impact our understanding of aging, and use in forensic assays.
Timothy Rose Visiting Professor of Chemistry. Physical and Environmental Chemistry, materials science, electrochemistry, photochemistry; undergraduate laboratory development.

Emeritus Faculty

Iu-Yam Chan

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Saul G Cohen

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Emily Dudek

Professor of Chemistry Emerita

Michael Henchman

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

James Hendrickson

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Henry Linschitz

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Myron Rosenblum

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Thomas Tuttle

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Colin Steel

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Robert Stevenson

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus