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