Faculty
Mahdi Abu-Omar, PhD, Iowa State University, Professor (Inorganic chemistry, green and sustainable chemistry, and catalysis)
Mike Bowers, PhD, University of Illinois, Professor (generation, structure and reactivity of semiconductor and metallic clusters in the gas phase and on surfaces; structures and energetics of synthetic polymers and biopolymers in the gas phase; protein misfolding and aggregation diseases; G-quadraplex formation and stabilization)
Frank Brown, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (theoretical /biophysical chemistry) Joint Appointment: PHYS
Steven Buratto, PhD, California Institute of Technology, Professor (materials chemistry, physical chemistry, near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM), nanoscale optical properties of thin films, single molecule spectroscopy of dye molecules, polymer molecules, si quantum dots)
Alison Butler, PhD, UC San Diego, Professor (bio-inorganic and bioorganic chemistry, metallobiochemistry and chemical biology)
Andrea Carlini, Assistant Professor
Rick Dahlquist, PhD, California Institute of Technology, Professor (relationships between protein structure and function and the phenomenon of chemotaxis in bacteria; biochemistry) Joint Appointment: MCDB
Mattanjah de Vries, PhD, University of Amsterdam, Professor (physical chemistry, prebiotic chemistry, cultural heritage science)
Darby Feldwinn, PhD, UC San Diego, Senior Lecturer SOE (chemistry, math and science education)
Peter Ford, PhD, Yale University, Professor (inorganic and bio-inorganic chemistry, photochemistry, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis)
Morgan Gainer, PhD, University of Utah, Lecturer Potential SOE (Organic Chemistry)
Brandon Greene, PhD, Emory University, Assistant Professor (redox biology, enzymology, and bioenergy) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Yang Hai, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor (structural biochemistry, enzymology, and biocatalysis)
Songi Han, PhD, Aachen University of Technology, Professor (magnetic resonance methods and applications, protein biophysics, spectrosopy) Joint Appointment: CNENG
Dorit Hanein, Professor Joint Appointment: BIOE
Craig Hawker, PhD, Cambridge University, Professor (synthetic polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, materials science) Joint Appointment: MATRL
Trevor Hayton, PhD, University of British Columbia, Professor (inorganic chemistry)
Luc Jaeger, PhD, University Louis Pasteur, Professor (nucleic acid nanotechnology, synthetic biology, nano-biotechnology, RNA structures, RNA evolution, biomaterials, nanomedicine) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Crisjoe Joseph, Continuing Lecturer
Kalju Kahn, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia, Senior Lecturer SOE (development and application of computational chemistry tools for solving biochemical problems)
Bernie Kirtman, PhD, Harvard University, Professor (theoretical quantum chemistry)
Leroy Laverman, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Senior Lecturer SOE (inorganic and analytical chemistry) Joint Appointment: CRSTU
Nadia Leonard, Assistant Professor
Bruce Lipshutz, PhD, Yale University, Professor (organic chemistry)
Horia Metiu, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (theoretical physical chemistry)
Quyen Nguyen, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Professor (polymer photophysics, doping and charge transport in organic semiconductors, bioelectronics, and device physics of organic solar cells, ratchets, transistors, and photodetectors)
Tom Pettus, PhD, University of Rochester, Professor (organic chemistry synthesis and methods involving aromatic compounds)
Kevin Plaxco, PhD, California Institute of Technology, Professor (biochemistry, protein folding, biomolecular engineering) Joint Appointment: BIOE
Scott Price, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Continuing Lecturer (physical chemistry)
Javier Read de Alaniz, PhD, Colorado State University, Professor (asymmetric catalysis, alkaloid total synthesis, new reaction development)
Norbert Reich, PhD, UC San Francisco, Professor (theoretical biophysical chemistry) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Susannah Scott, PhD, Iowa State University, Professor (heterogeneous catalysis, surface organometallic chemistry; analysis of electronic structure and stoichiometric reactivity to determine catalytic function) Joint Appointment: CNENG
Lior Sepunaru, PhD, University of Oxford, Assistant Professor (University of Oxford)
Ram Seshadri, PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Professor (inorganic materials, preparation and magnetism of bulk solids and nonoparticles, patterned materials) Joint Appointment: MATRL
Joan-Emma Shea, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (theoretical biophysical chemistry) Joint Appointment: PHYS
Galen Stucky, PhD, Iowa State University, Professor (biomaterials, composites, materials synthesis, electro-optical materials, and catalysis) Joint Appointment: MATRL
Bryanna Sylvester, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Continuing Lecturer (general chemistry)
Vojtech Vlcek, PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The University of Bayreuth, Assistant Professor (quantum and many-body theory, condensed matter theory, density functional theory, theoretical chemistry, materials theory)
Herbert Waite, PhD, Duke University, Professor (comparative biochemistry, marine biomolecular materials, micro and nanomechanics, bioadhesion) Joint Appointment: MCDB BMSE
Yang Yang, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor (organic chemistry, biocatalysis, protein engineering, polymer chemistry)
Armen Zakarian, PhD, Florida State University, Professor (organic chemistry; natural products; marine natural products; organic synthesis, synthetic methods; green chemistry; bio-organic chemistry)
Liming Zhang, PhD, University of Michigan, Professor (organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, transition metal catalysis, carbohydrate synthesis, and green chemistry)
Emeriti Faculty
Donald Aue, PhD, Cornell University
Guillermo Bazan, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Appointment: MATRL
Paula Bruice, PhD, University of Virginia
Anthony Cheetham, PhD, Oxford University (catalysis, optical materials, X-ray, neutron diffraction) Joint Appointment: MATRL
John Gerig, PhD, Brown University Joint Appointment: BMSE
Thomas Hooker Jr, PhD, Duke University
John Kennedy, PhD, Harvard University
Dan Little, PhD, University of Wisconsin
Richard Martin
Richard Martinez, PhD, University of Wisconsin
Martin Moskovits, PhD, University of Toronto
Stanley Parsons, PhD, California Institute of Technology Joint Appointment: BMSE
Ralph Pearson, PhD, Northwestern University
Petra Van Koppen, PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Richard Watts, PhD, University of Colorado
Alec Wodtke, PhD, UC Berkeley
Fred Wudl, PhD, UC Los Angeles (organic chemistry and optical and electro-optical properties of processable conjugated polymers as well as in the organic chemistry of fullerenes and the design and the preparation of self-mending polymers) Joint Appointment: MATRL
Affiliated Faculty
Christopher Bates, PhD (Materials)
Arnab Mukherjee, PhD (Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering)
Rachel Segalman, PhD (Chemical Engineering, Materials)