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.
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Faculty by Subdiscipline
Analytical Chemistry Faculty

Teresa Bandosz
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences

Elizabeth Biddinger
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Malgorzata (Maggie) Ciszkowska
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Terry L. Dowd
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Urs Jans
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- Chemistry

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

Ali Kocak
Associate Professsor
- Chemistry

Thomas Kubic
Professor
- Criminal Justice
Professor
- Chemistry

Jianbo Liu
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Biochemistry

Donna McGregor
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Aneta Mieszawska
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Michael Mirkin
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Robert Nolan
Research Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Research Associate Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Pengfei Zhang
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry Faculty

Elizabeth Biddinger
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Benjamin Burton-Pye
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Yu Chen
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

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

Melissa Deri
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Lynn Francesconi
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Jean Gaffney
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biology

Brian Gibney
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Rupal Gupta
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Physics

Seogjoo Jang
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Andrei Jitianu
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Glen Kowach
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Richard Magliozzo
Professor and Deputy Executive Officer
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Donna McGregor
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Aneta Mieszawska
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

David O'Brien
Associate Professor
- Psychology

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

Maria Tamargo
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Michele Vittadello
Director and Professor
- Nanoscience
Professor
- Chemistry

Brian Zeglis
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Guoqi Zhang
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Molecular Biophysics Faculty

Zimei Bu
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Emmanuel J. Chang
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry

Junyong Choi
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Melissa Deri
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Amedee des Georges
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Emilio Gallicchio
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry

Kevin H. Gardner
Einstein Professor
- Biochemistry
Einstein Professor
- Biology
Einstein Professor
- Chemistry
Director, Structural Biology Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center

Ranajeet Ghose
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Physics

Brian Gibney
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Rupal Gupta
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Physics

David Jeruzalmi
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Biochemistry

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

Reza Khayat
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biology
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry

Frida Kleiman
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Chemistry

Ronald Koder
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Thomas Kurtzman
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology

Themis Lazaridis
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics

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

Richard Magliozzo
Professor and Deputy Executive Officer
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Louis Massa
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics

Fred Naider
Distinguished Professor
- Biochemistry
Distinguished Professor
- Chemistry

Sebastien Poget
Executive Officer and Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Adam Profit
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry

Baofu Qiao
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Susan A. Rotenberg
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Biology

David Rumschitzki
Herbert G. Kayser Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology

Kevin Ryan
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Chwen-Yang Shew
Professor
- Chemistry

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

Mariana Torrente
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biology
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Yujia Xu
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry Faculty

Daniel Akins
Professor
- Chemistry

Elizabeth Biddinger
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Adam Braunschweig
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Marco Castaldi
Professor
- Chemistry

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

Malgorzata (Maggie) Ciszkowska
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Alexander Couzis
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Roger Dorsinville
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Dorthe Eisele
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

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

Andrei Jitianu
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

George John
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Glen Kowach
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Ilona Kretzschmar
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Michal Kruk
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Alan Lyons
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Biochemistry

Hiroshi Matsui
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Robert Messinger
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Aneta Mieszawska
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Michael Mirkin
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Daniele Musumeci
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

David O'Brien
Associate Professor
- Psychology

Ralf Peetz
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Baofu Qiao
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Krishnaswami Raja
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

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

Chwen-Yang Shew
Professor
- Chemistry

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

Peter Spellane
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

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

Maria Tamargo
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
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

Nan-loh Yang
Professor
- Chemistry

Alexandre Zaitsev
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Shuiqin Zhou
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience
Professor
- Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry Faculty

Mark Biscoe
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Adam Braunschweig
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Elise Champeil
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Junyong Choi
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Stephen Fearnley
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Guillermo Gerona-Navarro
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry

Alexander Greer
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Wayne Harding
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

William Hersh
Professor
- Chemistry

Mandë Holford
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Biology
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Qiao-Sheng Hu
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience
Urs Jans
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- Chemistry

George John
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Akira Kawamura
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Mahesh Lakshman
Professor
- Chemistry

Panayiotis Meleties
Professor
- Chemistry

David Mootoo
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Ryan Murelli
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Naphtali O'Connor
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Sanjai Kumar Pathak
Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Adam Profit
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry

Varattur Reddy
Professor
- Chemistry

Barbara Zajc
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Shengping Zheng
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Physical Chemistry Faculty

Daniel Akins
Professor
- Chemistry

Elizabeth Biddinger
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Cherice Evans
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Emilio Gallicchio
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry

Ranajeet Ghose
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Physics

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

Dixie Goss
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics

Michael Green
Professor
- Chemistry

Steven Greenbaum
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Mandë Holford
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Biology
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Seogjoo Jang
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Andrzej Jarzecki
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry

Laura J. Juszczak
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry

Mark Kobrak
Professor
- Chemistry

Glen Kowach
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Thomas Kurtzman
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biology

Themis Lazaridis
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics

Jianbo Liu
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

John Lombardi
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Gustavo Lopez
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Eugene Mananga
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Physics

Mateusz Marianski
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Louis Massa
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics

Pamela Mills
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Urban Education

Baofu Qiao
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Uri Samuni
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

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

Ming Tang
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry

Micha Tomkiewicz
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Chemistry

Chen Wang
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Nan-loh Yang
Professor
- Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry Faculty

Spiro Alexandratos
Professor
- Chemistry

Roger Dorsinville
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

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

Shi Jin
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

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

Alan Lyons
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience

Robert Messinger
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Fred Naider
Distinguished Professor
- Biochemistry
Distinguished Professor
- Chemistry

Naphtali O'Connor
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Biochemistry

Ralf Peetz
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Nanoscience

Sebastien Poget
Executive Officer and Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Chemistry

Baofu Qiao
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry

Krishnaswami Raja
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Biochemistry
Associate Professor
- Nanoscience

Chwen-Yang Shew
Professor
- Chemistry

Ming Tang
Assistant Professor
- Chemistry
Assistant Professor
- Biochemistry

Nan-loh Yang
Professor
- Chemistry

Shuiqin Zhou
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Nanoscience
Professor
- Biochemistry