CCE Faculty A to Z

On this page is an alphabetical listing of Faculty. Each name links to a page with further information on each individual.

Follow the links above or below for each faculty member to find details on the nature of their research projects and expertise.

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Theodor Agapie Assistant Professor of Chemistry Synthesis, Catalysis, Bioinorganic, Materials

Fred C. Anson Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus Kinetics, mechanisms and catalysis of electrode reactions

Frances H. Arnold Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry Protein evolution, biochemistry, biotechnology

Anand R. Asthagiri Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Biomaterials, biomolecular cell engineering, cancer development and therapy, cell and tissue engineering, cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion, Mammalian cell signal transduction, systems biology

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John D. Baldeschwieler J. Stanley Johnson Professor and Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus Molecular structure and spectroscopy

Jacqueline K. Barton Chair, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor and Professor of Chemistry Metal-nucleic acid chemistry

Jesse L. Beauchamp Mary and Charles Ferkel Professor of Chemistry Chemical and biochemical applications of modern spectroscopic methods

John E. Bercaw Centennial Professor of Chemistry Synthetic, structural, thermochemical and mechanistic organotransition metal chemistry

Geoffrey A. Blake Professor of Cosmochemistry and Planetary Science and Professor of Chemistry Observational analyses of stellar and planetary genesis; in situ characterization of the Earth's atmosphere and biogeochemical cycles; laser spectroscopic and ab initio characterization of weakly bonded clusters and reactive intermediates

John F. Brady Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Mechanical
Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Transport Processes

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Judith L. Campbell Professor of Chemistry and Biology DNA replication in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Sunney I. Chan George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, Emeritus Structure and function of membrane proteins

William "Bil" Clemons Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Membrane protein structure; protein synthesis and translocation; X-ray crystallography

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Mark E. Davis Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering
Synthesis of New Catalytic Materials

Peter B. Dervan Bren Professor of Chemistry
Bioorganic chemistry of nucleic acids and proteins

Dennis Dougherty George Grant Hoag Professor of Chemistry Organic, Physical Organic, Bioorganic, and Materials Chemistry

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Richard C. Flagan Executive Officer of Chemical Engineering
Irma and Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Control of air pollutants, combustion, aerosol processes

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George R. Gavalas Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus High-temperature reactions of solids, coal combustion, hot gas desulfurization

Konstantinos P. Giapis Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Plasma etching and deposition of semiconductors

William A. Goddard III Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics Director of Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC) Quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics, statistical physics: simulation and design of biological, polymer, ceramic, and metal systems; Reaction mechanisms in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; Prediction of Protein Structure and Function; Nanotechnology, bionanotechnology

Harry B. Gray Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry Bioinorganic electron transfer chemistry

Robert H. Grubbs Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry Mechanisms of metal catalyzed reactions, polymers synthesis, catalysis in organic synthesis

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Sossina Haile Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Ionic conduction in solids, with the twin objectives of understanding the mechanisms that govern ion transport, and applying such an understanding to the development of advanced solid electrolytes and novel solid-state electrochemical devices. Technological applications of fast ion conductors include batteries, sensors, ion pumps and fuel cells.

James R. Heath Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor of Chemistry Nanosystems Biology; Molecular Electronics; Fundamental Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry

Linda Hsieh-Wilson Associate Professor of Chemistry and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Synthetic and combinatorial chemistry; neurobiology; protein structure and function

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Julia A. Kornfield Professor of Chemical Engineering Polymeric and Supramolecular Liquids: Physics and Rheology

Aron Kuppermann Professor of Chemical Physics Theoretical chemical reaction dynamics

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Nathan S. Lewis George L. Argyros Professor and Professor of Chemistry Semiconductor Photoelectrochemistry, Electronic Olfaction, and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; Chemistry Animation Project

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Rudolph A. Marcus Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry Theories of chemical reactions

Stephen L. Mayo Bren Professor of Biology and Chemistry; Vice Provost
Protein design, structure, and stability; computer simulation techniques

B. Vincent McKoy Professor of Theoretical Chemistry Rotationally resolved photoelectron spectra of molecules

Thomas F. Miller
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Theory and simulation of chemical, biochemical, and soft matter systems

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Mitchio Okumura Professor of Chemical Physics; Executive Officer of Chemistry Spectroscopy and Chemistry of Ionic Clusters

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Carl S. Parker Professor of Biochemistry
Molecular Mechanisms controlling gene expression

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Douglas C. Rees
Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Chemistry and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Executive Officer of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Protein Structure and Energetics; X-ray Crystallography

Sarah E. Reisman Assistant Professor of Chemistry Synthetic organic chemistry; Natural product total synthesis; Asymmetric catalysis

John H. Richards Professor of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Molecular biochemistry and synthetic molecular biology

John D. Roberts Institute Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus and Lecturer Physical organic chemistry; Applications of NMR spectroscopy to organic chemistry

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John H. Seinfeld Louis E. Nohl Professor and Professor of Chemical Engineering Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Shu-ou Shan Assistant Professor of Chemistry Macromolecular machines; protein sorting and localization; molecular recognition and regulation by novel GTPases; protein and nucleic acid structure and function

Brian M. Stoltz Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Professor of Chemistry Organic Synthetic Chemistry: the development and implementation of new strategies for the preparation of structurally complex molecules.

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David A. Tirrell Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry; Chemical Biology

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Zhen-Gang Wang Professor of Chemical Engineering Physics of complex fluids

Daniel P. Weitekamp Professor of Chemical Physics Magnetic resonance

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Ahmed H. Zewail Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics Laser and diffraction techniques; laser chemistry and spectroscopy

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