People

Faculty by Classification

Core Faculty
Cluster Affiliated Faculty
Research Professors
Instructional Faculty
Emeritus Faculty

Core Faculty

These faculty have primary appointments in the Chemistry Department.

Boeckman, Robert K., Jr.

Marshall D. Gates, Jr. Professor of Chemistry
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

Bren, Kara L.

Professor of Chemistry
bren@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4335
448 Hutchison Hall
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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

Eisenberg, Richard

Tracy H. Harris Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
eisenberg@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5573
B24 Hutchison Hall
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Interests: Inorganic and organometallic chemistry; synthesis, structure and reaction chemistry

Farrar, James M.

Professor of Chemistry
farrar@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5834
B19 Hutchison Hall
Website

Interests: Dynamical studies of low energy ion-molecule reactions in the gas phase; imaging studies of collisions; photochemistry of size-selected ionic clusters

Fasan, Rudi

Associate Professor of Chemistry
fasan@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3504
416 Hutchison Hall
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Interests: Bioorganic chemistry, biocatalysis, chemical biology; macrocyclic peptide inhibitors of protein-protein interactions; metalloenzyme design and engineering; chemoenzymatic synthesis

Franco, Ignacio

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics
ignacio.franco@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8209
454 Hutchison Hall
Website

Interests: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Frontier, Alison J.

Professor of Chemistry
frontier@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2568
414 Hutchison Hall
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Interests: Synthetic organic chemistry; synthesis of bioactive natural products; pericyclic reactions; asymmetric catalysis; cationic cascades

Goodman, Joshua L.

Professor of Chemistry
goodman@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4891
460 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

Huo, Pengfei

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
huo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7793
415 Hutchison Hall
Website

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
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Interests: Mechanistic Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis

Knowles, Kathryn

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
knowles@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0649
457 Hutchison Hall
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Interests: Inorganic Materials Chemistry

Krauss, Todd D.

Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optics
Chair for Chemistry Department
krauss@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5093
465 Hutchinson
Website

Interests: Colloidal Nanoscale Semiconuductors

Krugh, Thomas R.

Professor 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

Matson, Ellen

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
matson@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7792
B45 Hutchison Hall
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Interests: Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

McCamant, David W.

Associate Professor of Chemistry
mccamant@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3122
B30 Hutchison Hall
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Interests: Ultrafast spectroscopy of molecular dynamics in photochemistry; mechanisms of vibrational relaxation

Neidig, Michael L.

Wilmot Associate Professor of Chemistry
neidig@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6006
B32 Hutchison Hall
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Interests: Physical-inorganic chemistry and catalysis

Nilsson, Bradley L.

Associate Professor of Chemistry
nilsson@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3053
417 Hutchison Hall
Website

Interests: Peptide self-assembly; amyloid peptides; amyloid-inspired materials; bioorganic chemistry; supramolecular chemistry

Paradine, Shauna

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
sparadin@ur.rochester.edu
453 Hutchison Hall
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Interests: Organic Chemistry and Organometallic Chemistry

Rothberg, Lewis

Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemical Engineering
lewis.rothberg@rochester.edu
462 Hutchinson Hall
Website

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
Website

Interests: Dynamics of Complex Nuclear Reactions at intermediate and high energies

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

Turner, Douglas H.

Professor of Chemistry
Douglas.Turner@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3207
B08 Hutchison Hall
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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
Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
lisa_delouise@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1810

Interests: Engineering Smart Bandage Bio Nanomaterials for Healing Skin

Dunman, Paul

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
paul_dunman@urmc.rochester.edu

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
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Interests: Mechanisms of protein synthesis; Single–molecule microscopy; Mechanics of molecular motors

Ghaemmaghami, Sina

Assistant Professor
sghaemma@bio.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4829
326A Hutchison
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Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics

Grossfield, Alan M.

Associate Professor Biochemistry and Biophysics
alan_grossfield@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: Investigating membranes and membrane proteins via computer simulation

Kielkopf, Clara L.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
clara_kielkopf@urmc.rochester.edu

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

Krysan, Damian J.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Associate Professorof Microbiology and Immunology
damian_krysan@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9729

Interests: Fungal Cell Wall Biology and High Throughput Screening for Antifungal Drugs

Mathews, David H.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
david_mathews@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1734
Website

Interests: Computational biology of RNA, including structure prediction, molecular dynamics, and genomics

Miller, Benjamin L.

Professor of Dermatology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of the Institute for Optics
benjamin_miller@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9805

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

Interests: tRNA biogenesis, function and quality control; intellectual disability due to deficiencies in tRNA modifications

Shestopalov, Alexander A.

Associate Professor
alexander.shestopalov@rochester.edu | (585) 276-5434
4507 Wegmans Hall
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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

Interests: Structure and function analysis of gene regulation by riboswitches and microRNAs as a basis for therapeutic development

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
Website

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.