People
Organic Chemistry 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
Dinnocenzo, Joseph P.
- Professor of Chemistry
- jpd@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8351
- 463 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Mechanistic and physical organic chemistry
Fasan, Rudi
- Professor of Chemistry
- fasan@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3504
- 416 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Organic chemistry and chemoenzymatic synthesis; asymmetric biocatalysis; protein engineering; bioorganic chemistry and chemical biology
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
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
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
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
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.
Saunders, William H., Jr.
- Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- saunders@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4231
Interests: Physical organic chemistry: mechanisms of elimination reactions; isotope effects and isotopic tracers in the study of organic reaction mechanisms; proton transfers; ab initio and vbscf calculations