Faculty

Research and Teaching Faculty

Burjor Captain         Metal Cluster Chemistry, Organometallic Synthesis,                                 Catalysis, X-ray Crystallography.

T. K. Harris               Mechanistic enzymology, protein engineering,                                 protein NMR, and drug discovery

Carl Hoff                  Inorganic reaction mechanisms, homogeneous
                                catalysis, nitrogen fixation

Angel Kaifer             Electrochemistry, supramolecular chemistry,                                 functionalized dendrimers

Roger LeBlanc          Molecular recognition, surface chemistry
                                and spectroscopy

Nita Lewis                Nanochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, high
                                pressure kinetics and mechanisms

Rajeev Prabhakar    Computational chemistry, enzyme catalyzed                                 reactions, neurodegenerative disorders and drug                                 designing

William Purcell         Inorganic chemistry, development of new
                                experiments for freshman and inorganic
                                undergraduate laboratories

V. Ramamurthy        Organic photochemistry, solid-state chemistry,                                 supramolecular chemistry

Françisco M. Raymo Electroactive films, luminescent probes,                                 photochromic switches

Norito Takenaka       Organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, natural                                 products

Jamie D. Walls          Developing new theory and methodology for NMR                                       and MRI; Nonlinear quantum mechanics;  Spintronics.

James N. Wilson         Conjugated Polymers, Novel Fluorophores,                                          Fluorescence Based Detection Schemes, and Organic                                          Materials. (Expected to join the department                                  beginning August 2008)

Teaching Faculty

Thomas Berg           General chemistry I and II, life science chemistry I
                                and II, and organic chemistry I

Barbara Colonna      Organic Chemistry I and II, honors organic                                 chemistry;area of interest: regulation of carbohydrate                                 based derivatives for drug delivery systems

Tegan Eve                Undergraduate laboratory operations, lab instructor
                                training, green chemistry

Douglas Heller         Organic Chemistry I and II. Fundamentals of                                Chemistry I and II. Interests: Science Writing and                                Communication. Forensic Chemistry.