People
Full Directory Alphabetical
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Abdul-Rashed, Shukree
- Graduate Student ('16)
- sabdulra@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3027
- 405 Hutchison Hall
Alachouzos, George
- Graduate Student ('15)
- galachou@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3027
- 403 Hutchison Hall
Alvarez-Hernandez, Jose
- Graduate Student ('16)
- jalvar14@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2980
- 121 Hutchison Hall
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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
Interests: Bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry
Brennessel, William
- X-ray Crystallographer & Scientist
- william.brennessel@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4715
- B04 Hutchison Hall
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Carminati, Daniela Maria
- Postdoctoral Fellow ('18)
- dcarmina@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 411 Hutchison Hall
Carpenter, Stephanie
- Graduate Student ('14)
- scarpen7@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1209
- B31 Hutchison Hall
Chakraborty, Saikat
- Graduate Student ('13)
- schakra8@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2980
- 122 Hutchison Hall
Chandgude, Ajay Laxman
- Postdoctoral Fellow ('17)
- achandgu@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6561
- 407 Hutchison Hall
Chowdhury, Sutirtha
- Graduate Student ('15)
- schowdh4@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-8358
- 431 Hutchison Hall
Christensen, Erin
- Graduate Student ('18)
- echrist5@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0215
- 201A Hutchison Hall
Clark, Robin
- Graduate Coordinator & Course Administrator
- gradrec@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0635
- 471 Hutchison Hall
Contestabile, Deborah
- Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Program & Development Office
- ugradadm@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3663
- 404D Hutchison Hall
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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
DiBenedetto, Tarah
- Graduate Student ('15)
- tdibened@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2768
- B46 Hutchison Hall
Dinnocenzo, Joseph P.
- Professor of Chemistry
- jpd@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8351
- 463 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Mechanistic and physical organic chemistry
Dolan, Donna J.
- Department Receptionist and Purchaser
- ddolan@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4231
- 404E Hutchison Hall
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
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Eagan, Gina
- Administrative Assistant for the Materials Science Program
- eagan@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1626
- 450 Hutchison Hall
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
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
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
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Fagan, Cody
- Graduate Student ('15)
- cfagan2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4884
- 2610 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Farid, Samir
- Professor of Chemistry, Research
- farid@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8398
- 220E Hutchison Hall
Interests: Photo-induced Electron Transfer Reactions
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
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
Franco, Ignacio
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics
- ignacio.franco@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8209
- 454 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Freyer, Abigail
- Postdoctoral Fellow ('19)
- afreyer@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0215
- 200B Hutchison Hall
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
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Ghaemmaghami, Sina
- Associate Professor
- sghaemma@bio.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4829
- 326A Hutchison
Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics
Ghosh, Maitrayee
- Graduate Student ('17)
- mghosh2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 451-7373
- 200S Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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
H
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
Harrington, Patrick
- Postdoctoral Fellow ('19)
- pharrin7@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-2141
- 421 Hutchison Hall
Hernandez, Jackson
- Graduate Student ('18)
- jherna29@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3027
- 403 Hutchison Hall
Houghtling, Kaitlyn
- Graduate Student ('18)
- khoughtl@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-2141
- 421 Hutchison Hall
Huo, Pengfei
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- huo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7793
- 415 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and theoretical chemistry; ab-initio dynamics for understanding chemistry; photo physics of solar energy conversion
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Iannuzzelli, Jacob
- Graduate Student ('17)
- jiannuz2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 409 Hutchison Hall
J
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
K
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
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
Klaczko, Michael
- Graduate Student ('18)
- mklaczko@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5489
- McGrath Lab, Goergen 306
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
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
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Liberatore, Paul
- Stockroom Manager & Staff Accountant
- paul.liberatore@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4237
- B14 Hutchison Hall
Lobenstine, Eric
- Manager of Computers and Network
- eric.lobenstine@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0340
- B54A Hutchison
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Mark, Analuz (Changano)
- Graduate Student ('14)
- achangan@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2219
- 461 Hutchison Hall
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
Matson, Ellen
- 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
McGarry, Lynda
- Development Administrator & Alumni Relations
- mcgarry@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2915
- 457 Hutchison Hall
Mejia Restrepo, Leopoldo
- Graduate Student ('16)
- lmejiare@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1351
- 423 Hutchison Hall
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
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
Muenter, John S.
- Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- muenter@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4231
Interests: Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Properties and Dynamics
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Nachtigall, Olaf
- Postdoctoral Fellow ('18)
- olaf.nachtigall@rochester.edu | (585) 276-8767
- B50 Hutchison Hall
Nam, Donggeon (Albert)
- Graduate Student ('17)
- dnam2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 409 Hutchison Hall
Neidig, Michael L.
- Wilmot 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
O
O'Connell, Terry
- Manager of Technical Staff and Instrumentation
- terry.oconnell@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5358
- B18A Hutchison Hall
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
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Paradine, Shauna
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- sparadin@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-5822
- 453 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Organic Chemistry and Organometallic Chemistry
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
Piontkowski, Zachary
- Graduate Student ('14)
- zpiontko@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6482
- B28 Hutchison Hall
R
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
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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
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
Shestopalov, Alexander A.
- Associate Professor
- alexander.shestopalov@rochester.edu | (585) 276-5434
- 4507 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Surface Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Surface Patterning; Nanostructured Materials; Interfacial Thermodynamics
Simolo, Ken
- Assistant Chair for Administration
- simolo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4256
- 404A Hutchison Hall
Snaith, Barbara
- Administrative Assistant to the Chair
- snaith@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6960
- 404B Hutchison Hall
Srinivasan, Venkat
- Postdoctoral Fellow ('16)
- venkatesan.srinivasan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7142
- 455 Hutchison Hall
Sucy-Caffery, Evelyn
- Secretary to Faculty
- evelyn.sucycaffery@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8286
- 412 Hutchison Hall
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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
Tinoco Valencia, Antonio
- Graduate Student ('15)
- atinocov@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 411 Hutchison Hall
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
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Urban, Jennifer
- Graduate Student ('12)
- jurban4@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0215, (585) 275-3200
- 200/413 Hutchison Hall
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VanderWeide, Andrew
- Graduate Student ('16)
- avande10@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6768
- B47 Hutchison Hall
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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
Wheeler, Doris
- Business Office Manager and Senior Accountant
- doris.wheeler@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8255
- 410 Hutchison Hall
White, Andrew
- Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- andrew.white@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7395
- 4001 Wegmans Hall
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