Research Faculty
Li Deng
Area of Expertise: Asymmetric catalysis and asymmetric synthesis. Solid phase synthesis and combinatorial chemistry. Chiral recognition. Chemical approaches towards understanding protein functions.Orrie Friedman Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Deng is on leave.
Irving Epstein
Area of Expertise: Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems
Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry and HHMI Professor
Rebecca L. M. Gieseking
Area of Expertise: Developing computational models to understand materials for emerging energy technologies in the fields of solar energy, batteries, and fuel generation.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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
Area of Expertise: Relationship between protein structure and function in enzyme catalysis and inhibitor action. Understanding the effects of mutations in vivo.
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
Judith Herzfeld
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. Solid-state NMR studies of structure and function in membrane proteins and bio-inspired materials.
Professor of Biophysical Chemistry
Area of Expertise: Total synthesis of natural products. Chemoselective functionalization of peptides. Genome mining and natural product biosynthesis.
Chi Ting will be on-campus starting July 1, 2020.
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.
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.