Faculty by Subdiscipline
The chemistry program is organized into seven topical areas. Each topical area has a set of course requirements, proposal requirements, and options specific to the subdiscipline, as outlined in the student handbook. A subdiscipline chairperson advises on various aspects unique to the subdiscipline. Students are expected to select a subdiscipline before matriculating into the chemistry program.
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
Distinguished Professor
- Chemistry
Distinguished Professor
- Physics
Distinguished 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

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

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
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

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

Mandë Holford
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Biology
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

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

Steven Greenbaum
Professor
- Chemistry
Professor
- Physics
Professor
- Nanoscience

Mandë Holford
Professor
- Biochemistry
Professor
- Biology
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

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

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