Faculty

Research Faculty

Irving Epstein
Irving Epstein
University Professor
Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry and HHMI Professor
781-736-2503 Shapiro Science Center 3-09

Area of Expertise: Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems

Rebecca L. M.  Gieseking
Rebecca L. M. Gieseking
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2511 Shapiro Science Center 3-12

Area of Expertise: Developing computational models to understand materials for emerging energy technologies in the fields of  solar energy,  batteries, and fuel generation.

Grace Han
Grace Han
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Landsman Career Development Chair in the Sciences
781-736-2576 Edison-Lecks 307

Area of Expertise: Organic synthesis of dynamic molecules and polymers for creating interactive material systems. Solid-state application of soft materials for energy conversion, storage, and optoelectronics. Functionalization of 2D materials (graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, etc.) using organic and inorganic synthetic methods.

Lizbeth Hedstrom
Lizbeth Hedstrom
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
Chair, Biology
781-736-2333 Kosow-Wolfson 112

Area of Expertise: Relationship between protein structure and function in enzyme catalysis and inhibitor action. Understanding the effects of mutations in vivo.

Isaac Krauss
Isaac Krauss
Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2574 Edison-Lecks 226

Area of Expertise: Chemical glycobiology and organic chemistry

Thomas Pochapsky
Thomas Pochapsky
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department Chair
781-736-2559 Rosenstiel 655

Area of Expertise: 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.

Klaus Schmidt-Rohr
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr
Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2520 Edison-Lecks 118A

Area of Expertise: Solid-state NMR of complex organic materials, including polymers, carbon materials, nanocomposites, and natural organic matter; NMR technique development; basic thermodynamics and chemical energy.

Katherine Shulenberger
Katherine Shulenberger
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Area of Expertise: Development of optical microscopy techniques to research fundamental nanocrystal properties in device relevant environments.

Barry Snider
Barry Snider
Charles A. Breskin Professor of Organic Chemistry
781-736-2550 Edison-Lecks 122

Area of Expertise: Synthesis of natural products, new synthetic methods, free radical chemistry, Lewis acid induced reactions, ketene cycloadditions

Chi Ting
Chi Ting
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2534 Edison-Lecks 322

Area of Expertise: Total synthesis of natural products. Chemoselective functionalization of peptides. Genome mining and natural product biosynthesis.

Research Group Website

Bing Xu
Bing Xu
Professor of Chemistry
781-736-5201 Edison-Lecks 320

Area of Expertise: 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.

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Hao Xu, Professor of Chemistry
Hao Xu
Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2535 Edison-Lecks 225

Area of Expertise: Non-precious metal catalysis directed towards organic synthesis.  Translational synthetic chemistry.  Discovery of new disease targets and therapeutic probes in human biology.

Teaching Faculty

Milos Dolnik
Milos Dolnik
Associate Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2604 Shapiro Science Center 00-11A

Area of Expertise: Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems.

Stephanie Murray, Chemistry teaching faculty
Stephanie Murray
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2545 Shapiro Science Center 08B

Area of Expertise: Chemistry Education Research, Organic Synthesis & Reaction Development, and Enantioselective Catalysis.

Claudia Novack
Claudia Novack
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2582 Edison-Lecks 120

Area of Expertise: Undergraduate chemistry education.

Sadie Piatt
Sadie Piatt
Lecturer of Chemistry
781-736-2554 Edison-Lecks room 115

Areas of Expertise: single-molecule imaging, DNA replication and repair, intrinsically disordered proteins. Areas of interest: undergraduate science curriculum accessibility, racial equity in the sciences.

Faculty Emeriti

Iu-Yam Chan
Iu-Yam Chan
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Edison-Lecks 115
Emily Dudek
Emily Dudek
Professor of Chemistry Emerita
Bruce Foxman
Bruce Foxman
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
781-736-2532 Edison-Lecks 118

Area of Expertise: X-ray structure determination, coordination polymers, chemical, physical, and crystallographic studies of solid-state reactions

Judith Herzfeld
Judith Herzfeld
Research Professor of Chemistry & Professor Emerita
781-736-2538 Shapiro Science Center 3-06

Area of Expertise: Development and application of reactive and polarizable force fields as efficient replacements for quantum mechanics in simulations of reactions in complex media.

Peter Jordan
Peter Jordan
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
781-736-2540 Edison-Lecks 115
Philip Keehn
Philip Keehn
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
781-736-2541 Edison-Lecks 126
Kenneth Kustin
Kenneth Kustin
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Gregory Petsko
Gregory Petsko
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Dagmar Ringe
Dagmar Ringe
Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry Emerita
781-736-4902 Kosow-Wolfson-Rosensweig Building 206B

Area of Expertise: X-ray crystallography of proteins.Studies of protein structure and function, enzyme mechanisms and protein-ligand and protein-protein interaction

Thomas Tuttle
Thomas Tuttle
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus