Chemistry Faculty

Ming An, Associate Professor

BS, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; PhD, University of California at Berkeley,

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program

Specialty: Organic, bio-organic, medicinal, biological, and pharmaceutical chemistry

Susan L. Bane, Professor

BS, Davidson College; PhD, Vanderbilt University

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Center of Biomanufacturing for Regenerative Medicine (CBRM); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Chemical biology

Provost's Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring, 2018-2019; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2011-2012

Claire Besson, Assistant Professor

PhD, Universite Paris VI, Paris, France

Specialty: Materials/inorganic chemistry

Brian P. Callahan, Associate Professor

BA, SUNY Cortland; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Chemical biology of protein biogenesis and protein degradation

Nikolay G. Dimitrov, Professor

BS, MS, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria; PhD, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Affiliated: Center for Heterogeneous Integration Research of Packaging (CHIRP); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI); Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Electrochemistry; analytical chemistry; materials synthesis; processing and characterization

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship & Creative Activities, 2020-2021

James A. Dix, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

 

David C. Doetschman, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Chicago

University Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, 2011-12

Jiye (James) Fang, Professor

BS, MS, Lanzhou University; MS, PhD, National University of Singapore

Affiliated: Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Materials/inorganic chemistry; nanomaterials

Puja Goyal, Assistant Professor

BS, Presidency College; MS, Indian Institute of Technology; PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Affiliated: Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Computational chemistry/biophysics

Christof T. Grewer, Professor

Diploma in Chemistry/MS, PhD, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Biophysical chemistry

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2019-2020

Huiyuan Guo, Assistant Professor

BS, Beijing Normal University; PhD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Affiliated: Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE); Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies & Environmental Sustainability (CREATES)

Specialty: Analytical chemistry; environmental chemistry & biochemistry; nanotechnology; functional materials

Jennifer S. Hirschi, Assistant Professor

PhD, Texas A&M University

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program

Specialty: Organic chemistry and biochemistry

Rachael Wanjiru Karugu, Laboratory Coordinator

BS, University of Nairobi; PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

 

Clarice A. Kelleher, Instructor

BA, College of the Holy Cross; MS, PhD, Cornell University

 

Rebecca M. Kissling, Instructor

BS, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY); PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Alistair J. Lees, Professor

BSc, PhD, DSc, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England

Specialty: Organometallic photochemistry

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2019-2020; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013-2014; University Award for Excellence in Research, 2001-2002

Hao Liu, Assistant Professor

B.Eng., City University of Hong Kong; M.Phil, PhD, University of Cambridge

Affiliated: Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE); NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES); Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC)

Specialty: Electrochemical energy storage; X-ray scattering; in-situ/operando characterization

Steven C. Murphy, Instructor

PhD, University of Connecticut

 

Bruce E. Norcross, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, The Ohio State University

 

Julien Panetier, Assistant Professor

BS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes; MChem, PhD, Heriot-Watt University

Affiliated: Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Computational inorganic/materials chemistry

Wei Qiang, Associate Professor

BS, Tsinghua University; PhD, Michigan State University

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Biophysical chemistry and biological solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Eriks Rozners, Professor

BS, PhD, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Center of Biomanufacturing for Regenerative Medicine (CBRM)

Specialty: Chemistry and biochemistry of nucleic acids

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2015-2016

Sozanne Solmaz, Associate Professor

MS, Leibnitz University; PhD, Goethe University and Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program

Specialty: Structural biology of the nuclear pore complex

Michael E. Starzak, Professor Emeritus

PhD, Northwestern University

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1980-1981

Eugene S. Stevens, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Chicago

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2010-2011

Minfei Su, Assistant Professor

BS, Nanjing Agricultural University; MS, Nanjing University; PhD, North Dakota State University

Specialty: Biochemistry

John Swierk, Assistant Professor

BA, BSE, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Specialty: Photochemistry, inorganic, physical organic, laser spectroscopy, electrochemistry

Benjamin Turnpenny, Instructor

BS, Clarkson University; PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

 

Nisha Varghese, Lecturer

BS, MS, Mumbai University; PhD, Syracuse University

 

Matthew Vetticatt, Associate Professor

PhD, Texas A&M University

Specialty: Physical organic chemistry; mechanistic studies using isotope effects; computational chemistry; asymmetric catalysis; computer-aided drug design

M. Stanley Whittingham, SUNY Distinguished Professor

BA, MA, DPhil, Oxford University, England; National Academy of Engineering

Affiliated: Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE); NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES)

Specialty: Preparation and chemical and physical properties of novel inorganic oxide materials

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2019; Lois B. DeFleur Award for Academic Achievement at °®¶¹´«Ã½, 2015; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2006-2007

Benjamin Williamson, Lecturer

PhD, The University of Iowa

Specialty: Organic Chemistry

Jiahui (Chris) Wu, Assistant Professor

B.Eng, Guangdong University of Technology; PhD, University of Alberta

Affiliated: Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Program (BCCB)

Specialty: Chemical biology

Chuan-Jian Zhong, Professor

BS, Hunan University; MS, PhD, Xiamen University

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM); Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies & Environmental Sustainability (CREATES); Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Analytical and materials chemistry; nanotechnology; catalysis; fuel cells; chemical/bio sensors

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2008-2009