Department of Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Expertise: Design of targeted protein degraders;  antibiotic discovery; enzyme structure-function studies.

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

Expertise: Chemical glycobiology and organic chemistry.

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

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.

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

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.

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Katherine Shulenberger
Katherine Shulenberger
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2522 Shapiro Science Center 3-06

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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