Faculty
With more faculty than there are elements on the modern periodic table, the Ph.D. Program in Chemistry offers its students a diversity of options for graduate research. Current research encompasses the full-spectrum of chemical science including analytical, biological, computational, environmental, inorganic, organic, polymer, materials, physical and theoretical chemistries. Interdisciplinary areas of research including nanoscience, structural biology, molecular biophysics, bioinorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, radiochemistry, medicinal chemistry and surface science and are also well represented by multiple faculty. The scale of our faculty aids students in finding the best research mentor and provides a rich resource of chemical expertise to advise and assist students in developing their science.
You can also view Faculty Recruiting Students in 2023-2024 and emeritus faculty in the Chemistry program. A Google Scholar profile of recruiting faculty can be found here.
Faculty Recruiting Students in 2023-2024

Elizabeth Biddinger
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Mark Biscoe
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Adam Braunschweig
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Benjamin Burton-Pye
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Xi Chen
Assistant Professor
- Physics
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Yu Chen
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Junyong Choi
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Maria Contel
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Christopher DelRe
Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
- Chemistry

Ruel Desamero
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry

Dorthe Eisele
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Emilio Gallicchio
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry

Nicolas Giovambattista
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Physics
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Steven Greenbaum
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Alexander Greer
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Marilyn Gunner
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics

Wayne Harding
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Qiao-Sheng Hu
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Seogjoo Jang
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Shi Jin
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Andrei Jitianu
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

George John
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Akira Kawamura
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Daniel Keedy
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center

Edward J. Kennelly
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Chemistry

Michal Kruk
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Thomas Kurtzman
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology

Jianbo Liu
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Sharon Loverde
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Physics
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Alan Lyons
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Biochemistry

Mateusz Marianski
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Hiroshi Matsui
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Donna McGregor
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Michael Mirkin
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

David Mootoo
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Ryan Murelli
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Sanjai Kumar Pathak
Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Matthew Sfeir
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Physics
Associate Professor, Photonics Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center

Yolanda A. Small
Executive Officer and Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry

Ruth Stark
Distinguished Professor
- Chemistry
Distinguished Professor
- Biology
Distinguished Professor
- Biochemistry
Distinguished Professor
- Physics
Distinguished Professor
- Nanoscience

Maria Tamargo
Distinguished Professor
- Chemistry
Distinguished Professor
- Physics
Distinguished Professor
- Nanoscience

Rein Ulijn
Einstein Professor
- Biochemistry
Einstein Professor
- Chemistry
Einstein Professor
- Nanoscience

Michele Vittadello
Director and Professor
- Nanoscience
Professor
- Chemistry

Chen Wang
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Yujia Xu
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry

Brian Zeglis
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Shuiqin Zhou
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience
Professor
- Biochemistry