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Research Faculty

	Contact Information	Area of Expertise
	Jeffrey Agar Shapiro Science Center 3-07 781-736-2425 agar@brandeis.edu	High resolution mass spectrometry studies of protein post-translational modification
	Li Deng: Department Chair Edison-Lecks 322 781-736-2529 deng@brandeis.edu	Asymmetric catalysis and asymmetric synthesis. Solid phase synthesis and combinatorial chemistry. Chiral recognition. Chemical approaches towards understanding protein functions.
	Irving Epstein Shapiro Science Center 3-09 781-736-2503 epstein@brandeis.edu	Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems
	Bruce Foxman Edison-Lecks 118 781-736-2532 foxman1@brandeis.edu	X-ray structure determination, coordination plymers, chemical, physical, and crystallographic studies of solid-state reactions
	Lizbeth Hedstrom Kosow-Wolfson 112 781-736-2333 hedstrom@brandeis.edu	Relationship between protein structure and function in enzyme catalysis and inhibitor action. Understanding the effects of mutations in vivo.
	Judith Herzfeld Shapiro Science Center 3-06 781-736-2538 herzfeld@brandeis.edu	Development and application of reactive and polarizable force fields as efficient replacements for quantum mechanics in simulations of reactions in complex media. Solid-state NMR studies of structure and function in membrane proteins and bio-inspired materials.
	Isaac Krauss Edison-Lecks 226 781-736-2574 kraussi@brandeis.edu	Study of organic synthesis, including its interface with other areas of chemical science, including organometallics and chemical biology.
	Gregory Petsko Rosenstiel 653 781-736-4093 petsko@brandeis.edu	Protein crystallography, especially direct observation of transient species by low-temperature and Laue methods. Protein dynamics. Neurogenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's diseases. Exploiting protein crystallography techniques to understand small molecule catalysis (Reverse enzymology).
	Thomas Pochapsky Rosenstiel 655 781-736-2559 pochapsk@brandeis.edu	Self-assembly of chemical and biological systems. Transient interactions in solution by NMR. NMR of soluble proteins. Protein stability and folding by NMR and mutagenesis.
	Dagmar Ringe Rosenstiel 654 781-736-4902 ringe@brandeis.edu	X-ray crystallography of proteins.Studies of protein structure and function, enzyme mechanisms and protein-ligand and protein-protein interaction
	Barry Snider Edison-Lecks 225 781-736-2550 snider@brandeis.edu	Synthesis of natural products, new synthetic methods, free radical chemistry, Lewis acid induced reactions, ketene cycloadditions
	Christine Thomas Edison-Lecks 307 781-736-2576 thomasc@brandeis.edu	Synthesis of new ligands and transition metal complexes with the ultimate goal of uncovering new approaches to the catalytic activation and functionalization of small molecules and organic substrates.
	Casey Wade Edison-Lecks 116 781-736-2827 cwade@brandeis.edu	Inorganic, organometallic, and materials synthesis. Study of site-isolated reactive sites for catalyst design and aqueous ion separation/remediation with porous materials.
	Bing Xu Edison-Lecks 320 781-736-5201 bxu@brandeis.edu	New molecular materials and nanomaterials for the exploration in biomedicine (e.g., molecular drug delivery, cancer therapy, biomedical diagnostics, and biomimetics) and other fundamental problems in nanoscience and biological science.

Teaching/Adjunct Faculty

	Contact Information	Area of Expertise
	Milos Dolnik Associate Professor Shapiro Science Center 00-11A 781-736-2604 dolnik@brandeis.edu	Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems.
	Claudia Novack-Jones Lecturer in Chemistry Edison-Lecks 120 781-736-2582 novack@brandeis.edu	Undergraduate chemistry education.
	Susan Pochapsky Associate Research Professor Rosenstiel 601 781-736-2543 ssp@brandeis.edu	Self-assembly of chemical and biological systems. Transient interactions in solution by NMR. NMR of soluble proteins. Protein stability and folding by NMR and mutagenesis.
	Jason Pontrello Assistant Professor Shapiro Science Center 00-08B 781-736-2545 pontrell@brandeis.edu	Organic chemistry, chemical biology and chemical education.
	Timothy Rose Visiting Professor of Chemistry Edison-Lecks 119 781-736-2515 trose@brandeis.edu	Physical and Environmental Chemistry, materials science, electrochemistry, photochemistry; undergraduate laboratory development.