People
Faculty by Classification
Core Faculty
These faculty have primary appointments in the Chemistry Department.
Bren, Kara L.
- Professor of Chemistry
- bren@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4335
- 448 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry
Dinnocenzo, Joseph P.
- Professor of Chemistry
- jpd@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8351
- 463 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Mechanistic and physical organic chemistry
Fasan, Rudi
- Andrew S. Kende Professor of Chemistry
- fasan@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3504
- 418 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Organic chemistry and chemoenzymatic synthesis; asymmetric biocatalysis; protein engineering; bioorganic chemistry and chemical biology
Franco, Ignacio
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Professor Physics
- ignacio.franco@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8209
- 454 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Frontier, Alison J.
- Professor of Chemistry
- frontier@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2568
- 414 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Synthetic organic chemistry; synthesis of bioactive natural products; pericyclic reactions; asymmetric catalysis; cationic cascades
Huo, Pengfei
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- huo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7793
- 456 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and theoretical chemistry; ab-initio dynamics for understanding chemistry; photo physics of solar energy conversion
Jones, William D.
- Charles F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry
- jones@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5493
- B26 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Mechanistic Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
Kennedy, C. Rose
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- (Starting with UR Chemistry Dept. in January 2020)
- c.r.kennedy@rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Interests: Catalysis & Synthetic Methods, Organometallic Chemistry, Mechanistic & Physical Organic Chemistry
Knowles, Kathryn
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- knowles@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0649
- 457 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Inorganic Materials Chemistry
Krauss, Todd D.
- Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optics - Chair, Chemistry Department
- krauss@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5093
- 404C Hutchinson
Interests: Materials Chemistry and Physics of Colloidal Nanoscale Semiconductors
Matson, Ellen
- Wilmot Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- matson@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7792
- B45 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
McCamant, David W.
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
- mccamant@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3122
- B30 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Ultrafast spectroscopy of molecular dynamics in photochemistry; mechanisms of vibrational relaxation
Neidig, Michael L.
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
- neidig@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6006
- B32 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical-inorganic chemistry and catalysis
Nilsson, Bradley L.
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
- nilsson@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3053
- 417 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Peptide self-assembly; amyloid peptides; amyloid-inspired materials; bioorganic chemistry; supramolecular chemistry
Paradine, Shauna
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- sparadin@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-5822
- 453 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Organic Chemistry and Organometallic Chemistry
Rothberg, Lewis
- Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemical Engineering
- lewis.rothberg@rochester.edu
- 462 Hutchinson Hall
Interests: Polymer electronics; optoelectronic devices; light-emitting diodes; thin-film transistors; photodetectors; xerographic photoreceptors; biological sensors; electrooptic modulators
Schröder, Wolf-Udo
- Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Physics
- schroeder@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8263
- 466 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Dynamics of Complex Nuclear Reactions at intermediate and high energies
Turner, Douglas H.
- Professor of Chemistry
- Douglas.Turner@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3207
- B08 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Biophysical chemistry: nucleic acid structure and function, RNA folding, therapeutics, and prediction of structure from sequence
Cluster Affiliated Faculty
Faculty in the Clusters have primary appointments in other departments but can mentor Chemistry graduate students.
DeLouise, Lisa A.
- Associate Professor of Dermatology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- lisa_delouise@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1810
- 5-6100 MC
Interests: Engineering Smart Bandage Bio Nanomaterials for Healing Skin
Dunman, Paul
- Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
- paul_dunman@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3621
- 2-11311 MRBX
Interests: Use of S. aureus and A. baumannii as model organisms to study bacterial pathogenesis and develop novel strategies for the therapeutic intervention of bacterial infections
Ermolenko, Dmitri
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- dmitri_ermolenko@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3704
- 3-8555 Medical Center
Interests: Mechanisms of protein synthesis; Single–molecule microscopy; Mechanics of molecular motors
Ghaemmaghami, Sina
- Associate Professor
- Director of Undergraduate Research in the College
- sghaemma@bio.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4829
- 326A Hutchison
Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics
Grossfield, Alan M.
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- alan_grossfield@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4193
Interests: Investigating membranes and membrane proteins via computer simulation
Kielkopf, Clara L.
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- clara_kielkopf@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4799
- 3-8540 MC
Interests: Splicing defects in hematologic malignancies; roles of human pre-mRNA splicing factors in HIV-1 infectivity; development of engineered splicing factors for correction of splicing defects; splice sites and their associated proteins as therapeutic targets
Mathews, David H.
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
- david_mathews@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1734
Interests: Computational biology of RNA, including structure prediction, molecular dynamics, and genomics
Miller, Benjamin L.
- Professor of Dermatology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Professor of the Institute for Optics
- benjamin_miller@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9805
- 5-6141A MC
Interests: Developing new strategies for the sequence-selective recognition of RNA, and using the optical properties of nanostructured materials for the production of novel biosensors
Phizicky, Eric M.
- Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- eric_phizicky@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7268
- 3-7530 MC
Interests: tRNA biogenesis, function and quality control; intellectual disability due to deficiencies in tRNA modifications
Shestopalov, Alexander A.
- Associate Professor; Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- alexander.shestopalov@rochester.edu | (585) 276-5434
- 4507 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Surface Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Surface Patterning; Nanostructured Materials; Interfacial Thermodynamics
Wedekind, Joseph E.
- Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- joseph.wedekind@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4516
- 712 MC
Interests: Structure and function analysis of gene regulation by riboswitches and microRNAs as a basis for therapeutic development
White, Andrew
- Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- andrew.white@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7395
- 4001 Wegmans Hall
Research Professors
Research professors do not accept graduate students, but have active research programs within the department.
Ebetino, Frank Hal
- Professor of Chemistry, Research
- febetino@ur.rochester.edu | (513) 532-4084
Interests: Medicinal chemistry and drug design, including bisphosphonates and bone targeted drugs for arthritis and cancer, receptor agonists/antagonists, and epigenetic enzyme inhibitors
Farid, Samir
- Professor of Chemistry, Research
- farid@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8398
- 220E Hutchison Hall
Interests: Photo-induced Electron Transfer Reactions
Mort, Brendan
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Research
- Director of the Center for Integrated Research and Computing
- brendan.mort@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8289
- 418 Hutchison Hall
Interests: High performance computing; application of computing technology to chemistry and biology; computational chemistry algorithm development; molecular dynamics simulations, electronic structure theory
Instructional Faculty
Hafensteiner, Benjamin
- Faculty Lecturer
- benjamin.hafensteiner@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1936
- 124 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Chemical education; total synthesis of natural products; organic synthesis; reaction invention and investigation; cascade reactions
Olsen, John-Carl
- Assistant Professor of Teaching
- john-carl.olsen@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4857
- 112-B Hutchison Hall
Interests: Chemical education; topologically non-trivial molecules and metal-ligand assemblies; nanoparticles for drug delivery; total synthesis
Emeritus Faculty
Emeritus faculty no longer teach courses or graduate students, but many are still active contributors to the intellectual life of the department, serving as co-advisors, mentors, and running research programs.
Boeckman, Robert K., Jr.
- Marshall D. Gates, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
- rkb@rkbmac.chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4229
- 451 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Total synthesis of alkaloids, terpenes, antibiotics, and antitumor agents; development of new synthetic methodology; applications of conformational theory
Eisenberg, Richard
- Tracy H. Harris Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
- eisenberg@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5573
- B24 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Inorganic and organometallic chemistry; synthesis, structure and reaction chemistry
Farrar, James M.
- Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- farrar@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5834
- B19 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Dynamical studies of low energy ion-molecule reactions in the gas phase; imaging studies of collisions; photochemistry of size-selected ionic clusters
Kreilick, Robert W.
- Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- kreilick@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4231
Interests: Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Solids: Rapid Motion in Solids, Structure of Solids, Energy Transfer in Solids
Krugh, Thomas R.
- Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- krugh@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4224
- 459 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Biophysical chemistry; structural analysis of biomolecules, energy minimization and molecular dynamics calculations
Muenter, John S.
- Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- muenter@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4231
Interests: Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Properties and Dynamics
Tang, Ching W.
- Emeritus Professor
- ching.tang@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3552
- 4009 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Organic Electronics; Thin-Film Devices; Display Technology; Organic Light Emitting Diodes; Organic Solar Cells; II-VI Semiconductors; CdTe Solar Cells; Thin-Film Deposition & Characterization