Faculty

Research and Teaching Faculty

• Leonidas G. Bachas, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, 1986)
  
  • Professor and Dean, CAS
  • Email
  • 305-284-4021
  Nanoscience in Toxicology, Electrochemical Optical Sensors, Microfabricated Analytical Systems, Engineered Bioactive Interfaces
  
• Burjor Captain, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina, 2002)
  
  • Assistant Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-3059
  Metal Cluster Chemistry, Organometallic Synthesis, Catalysis, X-ray Crystallography
  
• T. K. Harris, Ph.D. (University of Mississippi, 1994)
  
  • Associate Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-3358
  Mechanistic enzymology, protein engineering, protein NMR, and drug discovery
  
• Carl Hoff, Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1977)
  
  • Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-5843
  Inorganic reaction mechanisms, homogeneous catalysis, nitrogen fixation
  
• Angel Kaifer, Ph.D. (University of Puerto Rico, 1984)
  
  • Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-3468
  • Kaifer Group Page
  Electrochemistry, supramolecular chemistry, functionalized dendrimers
  
• Marc Knecht, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University, 2004)
  
  • Associate Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-9351
  Bio-inspired nanotechnology, biomimetics, catalysis, self-assembly, structure/function relationships
  
• Roger LeBlanc, Ph.D. (University Laval, 1964)
  
  • Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-2194
  Molecular recognition, surface chemistry and spectroscopy
  
• Nita Lewis, Ph.D. (University of Guelph, 1977)
  
  • Associate Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-8229
  Nanochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, high pressure kinetics and mechanisms
  
• Rajeev Prabhakar, Ph.D. (Stockholm University, 2003)
  
  • Assistant Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-9372
  Computational chemistry, enzyme catalyzed reactions, neurodegenerative disorders and drug designing
  
• William Purcell, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska, 1973)
  
  • Associate Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-6616
  Inorganic chemistry, development of new experiments for freshman and inorganic
  
• V. Ramamurthy, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1974)
  
  • Professor and Chair
  • Email
  • 305-284-1534
  Organic photochemistry, solid-state chemistry, supramolecular chemistry
  
• Françisco M. Raymo, Ph.D. (University of Birmingham, UK, 1996)
  
  • Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-2639
  Luminescent probes, photochromic switches, quantum dots
  
• Norito Takenaka, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 2002)
  
  • Assistant Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-3279
  Organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, natural products
  
• Jamie D. Walls, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley, 2003)
  
  • Assistant Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-4570
  Developing new theory and methodology for NMR and MRI; Nonlinear quantum mechanics; Spintronics.
  
• James N. Wilson, Ph.D. (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004)
  
  • Assistant Professor
  • Email
  • 305-284-3358
  Conjugated Polymers, Novel Fluorophores, Fluorescence Based Detection Schemes, and Organic Materials.

Senior Lecturers

• Barbara Colonna, Ph.D. (University of Birmingham/UCLA, 1999)
  
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Email
  • 305-284-2566
  Organic Chemistry I and II, honors organic chemistry;area of interest: regulation of carbohydrate based derivatives for drug delivery systems
  
• Tegan Eve, Ph.D. (UCSD, 2001)
  
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Email
  • 305-284-5953
  Undergraduate laboratory operations, lab instructor training, green chemistry
  



• Douglas Heller, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1996)
  
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Email
  • 305-284-2594
  Organic Chemistry I and II. PRISM General Chemistry I and II. Chemistry for non-science majors.
  Interests: Science Writing and Communication. Forensic Chemistry.
  

Lecturers

• Thomas Berg, Ph.D. (University of Iowa, 1982)
  
  • Lecturer
  • Email
  • 305-284-3030
  General chemistry I and II, life science chemistry I and II, and organic chemistry I