Full Directory Alphabetical
A
Afandiyeva, Medina
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('20)
- Kennedy Group
- mafandiy@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Aguilera-Cuenca, Maria Camila
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Neidig Group
- maguiler@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6006
- B23 Hutchison Hall
B
Bakas, Nikki
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Neidig Group
- nbakas@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6006
- B23 Hutchison Hall
Baker, Tessa
- Magnetic Resonance Director and Safety Officer
- tbaker10@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 738-7774
- B54A Hutchison Hall
Banks, Peter
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ruggiero Group
- pbanks2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1209
- B36 Hutchison Hall
Barnett, Brandon R.
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- brandon.barnett@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8286
- 471 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Organometallic chemistry; Porous materials; Molecular separations; Catalysis
Bennett, John
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Fasan Group
- John_Bennett2@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 411 Hutchison Hall
Bortz, Andrew
- Graduate Student ('17)
- Fasan Group
- abortz2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 409 Hutchison Hall
Breitbart, Emily
- Administrative Assistant
Graduate Coordinator
- ebreitba@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0635
- 412 Hutchison Hall
Bren, Kara L.
she/her/hers
- Richard S. Eisenberg Professor in Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Chemistry - Chair, Department of Chemistry
- kara.bren@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4335
- 448 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry
Brennessel, William
he/him/his
- X-ray Crystallographer and Scientist
- william.brennessel@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4715
- B04 Hutchison Hall
C
Cajiao, Nathalia
- Graduate Student ('20)
- Neidig Group
- Hutchison Hall
Camarero Temino, Ignacio
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('20)
- Jones Group
- icamarer@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Canfield, Amanda
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Paradine Group
- acanfie3@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Catalano, Luca
- Research Associate Scientist
- Ruggiero Group
- luca.catalano@rochester.edu | (585) 276-1209
- 36B Hutchison Hall
Christensen, Erin
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Krauss Group
- echrist5@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0215
- 201A Hutchison Hall
Coyne, Brie
- Administrative and Digital Services Assistant
- bcoyne@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2915
- 451 Hutchison Hall
D
Dayananda, Pilippange (Takshi) Thakshila
- Graduate Student ('21)
- Fasan Group
- pdayanan@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
De, Apurba
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Krauss Group
- apurba.de@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0215
- 200B Hutchison Hall
Diaz, Steven
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('17)
- McCamant Group
- sdiaz5@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6482
- B28 Hutchison Hall
Dinnocenzo, Joseph P.
- Professor of Chemistry
- jpd@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8351
- 463 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Mechanistic and physical organic chemistry
Distaffen, Hannah
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Nilsson Group
- hdistaff@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Dolan, Donna J.
she/her/hers
- Department Receptionist and Purchaser
- ddolan@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4231
- 404E Hutchison Hall
E
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) 733-2914
Interests: Synthesis, structure, reaction chemistry and applications of inorganic and organometallic systems; metal complex photochemistry; molecular, semiconductor and hybrid systems for light-to-chemical energy conversion; parahydrogen induced polarization; sustainability and the hydrogen economy.
F
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
he/him/his
- Andrew S. Kende Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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
he/him/his
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Physics
Leonard Mandel Faculty Fellow
- ignacio.franco@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8209
- 454 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Frontier, Alison J.
she/her/hers
- 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
G
Gangadharan Pillai, Vivek (G Pillai)
- Graduate Student ('21)
- Kennedy Group
- vgangadh@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Garwick, Rachel
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('20)
- Matson Group
- rgarwick@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Ghaemmaghami, Sina
- Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry
Professor of Biology - Director, AS&E Undergraduate Research
- 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)
- Huo Group
- mghosh2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 451-7373
- 200S Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Grossfield, Alan
he/him/his
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- alan_grossfield@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4193
Interests: Investigating membranes and membrane proteins via computer simulation
Gu, Yu
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('17)
- Fasan Group
- yugu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 409 Hutchison Hall
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
Han, Ji Won
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Bren Group
- jhan52@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2980
- 121 Hutchison Hall
Hastings, Christopher
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('20)
- Barnett Group
- chastin4@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Hendricks, Michelle Elizabeth
- Graduate Student ('21)
- Fasan Group
- mhendr11@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Hernandez, Jackson
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Frontier Group
- jherna29@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3027
- 403 Hutchison Hall
Hickey, Joseph
he/him/his
- Technical Associate
- jhickey8@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0354
- B14E Hutchison Hall
Holt, Connor
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('17)
- Frontier Group
- cholt6@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3027
- 403 Hutchison Hall
Houghtling, Kaitlyn Elizabeth
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Paradine Group
- khoughtl@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-2141
- 421 Hutchison Hall
Huo, Pengfei
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Optics
- huo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7793
- 456 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Theoretical Chemistry; Quantum Dynamics; Quantum Optics; Cavity QED; Light-Matter Interactions; Polariton Chemistry
I
J
Jones, William D.
he/him/his
- Charles Frederick Houghton Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
- jones@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5493
- B26 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Mechanistic Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
Jones, Christopher
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Nilsson Group
- cjones78@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Juneja Kaur, Navkiran
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ruggiero Group
- njuneja2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1209
- B36 Hutchison Hall
K
Kadam, Abhishek Ashok
he/him/his
- Postdoctoral Fellow ('20)
- Kennedy Group
- akadam2@ur.rochester.edu
- 452 Hutchison Hall
Keedakkatt Puthenpeedikakkal, Anees Mohammed
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Mathews Group
- akeedakk@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Kennedy, C. Rose
she/her/hers
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- c.r.kennedy@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8778
- 459 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Catalysis and Synthetic Methods; Organometallic Chemistry; Mechanistic and Physical Organic Chemistry
Klaczko, Michael Edward
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('18)
- mklaczko@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5489
- McGrath Lab, Goergen 306
Knowles, Kathryn
she/her/hers
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
- knowles@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0649
- 457 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Inorganic Materials Chemistry
Korol, Roman
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Franco Group
- rkorol@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1351
- 423 Hutchison Hall
Krauss, Todd D.
he/him/his
- Jay Last Professor in Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optics
- todd.krauss@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5093
- 465 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Materials Chemistry and Physics of Colloidal Nanoscale Semiconductors; Optics of nanoscale semiconductor materials; Quantum optics and nanoscience
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) 275-4231
Interests: Biophysical chemistry; structural analysis of biomolecules, energy minimization and molecular dynamics calculations
L
Lizarazo (Rojas), María Fernanda
- Graduate Student ('21)
- Bren Group
- mlizaraz@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
M
Maholick, Elaine
she/her/hers
- Administrative Assistant
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
- ugradadm@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3663
- 404D Hutchison Hall
Mathews, David H.
- Lynne E. Maquat Distinguished Professor
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- david_mathews@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1734
Interests: Computational biology of RNA, including structure prediction, molecular dynamics, and genomics
Matson, Ellen
she/her/hers
- Marshall D. Gates, Jr. Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Chemistry
- matson@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7792
- B45 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
May, Chloe
they/them/theirs
- Technical Associate
- s.may@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0354
- B14E Hutchison Hall
McCamant, David W.
he/him/his
- 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
she/her/hers
- Development Administrator and Alumni Relations
- mcgarry@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2915
- 419 Hutchison Hall
McNichol, Caitlyn (Cay)
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('20)
- Paradine Group
- cmcnicho@ur.rochester.edu
- 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
Milosavljevic, Aleksa
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Frontier Group
- amilosav@ur.rochester.edu
- 403 Hutchison Hall
Mitiku, Hailemariam (Halie) Alaye
- Graduate Student ('21)
- Kennedy Group
- hmitiku@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
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
Müller, Astrid M.
she/her/hers
- Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- astrid.mueller@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7331
- 4509 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Interests: Developing new multimetallic nanomaterials for sustainable energy, green chemistry, and biomedical applications, and understanding what materials properties drive functionality
N
Neidig, Michael L.
he/him/his
- Marshall D. Gates, Jr. Professor of Chemistry
- neidig@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6006
- B32 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Synthetic and Mechanistic Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis and f-Element Chemistry
Nilsson, Bradley L.
he/him/his
- Professor of Chemistry
- Director, Materials Science Program
- 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
he/him/his
- 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
P
Paradine, Shauna
she/her | they/them
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- sparadin@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-5822
- 453 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Organic Chemistry and Organometallic Chemistry
Partridge, Benjamin E.
he/him/his
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- benjamin.partridge@rochester.edu | (585) 273-1404
- 419 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Supramolecular chemistry; Bioinspired materials; Self-assembly in water; Protein engineering
Patras, Kamaless
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Matson Group
- kpatra@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-8767
- B49 Hutchison Hall
Perez, Matthew
- Stockroom Manager and Staff Accountant
- mperez38@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4237
- B14 Hutchison Hall
Piedmont, Elizabeth (Liz) Rose
- Graduate Student ('21)
- Partridge Group
- epiedmon@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Porosoff, Marc D.
- Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- marc.porosoff@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7401
- 4305 Wegmans Hall
Interests: CO2 Reduction; Heterogeneous Catalysis; Catalyst Structure-Property Relationships; C1 Chemistry; Upgrading Light Alkanes
Potenzino, Robert J
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Fasan Group
- rpotenzi@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 409 Hutchison Hall
Q
Quigley, Elena
they/them/theirs
- Graduate Student ('17)
- Nilsson Group
- equigle3@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2007
- Hutchison Hall
R
Rodina, Darya (Dasha)
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Paradine Group
- drodina@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Rodriguez, Chayan Carmenate
- Graduate Student ('20)
- Krauss Group
- Hutchison Hall
Rothberg, Lewis
he/him/his
- Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemical Engineering
- lewis.rothberg@rochester.edu
- 462 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Polymer electronics; optoelectronic devices; light-emitting diodes; thin-film transistors; photodetectors; xerographic photoreceptors; biological sensors; electrooptic modulators
Ruggiero, Michael T.
he/him/his
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
- michael.ruggiero@rochester.edu
- 451 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and materials chemistry; Ultrafast terahertz vibrational spectroscopy and optics; Theoretical chemistry; Diffraction and crystallography
S
Salamatian, Alison
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Bren Group
- asalamat@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
Sanchez Lievanos, Karla Rosalia
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Knowles Group
- k.sanchezlievanos@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3984
- 200-1 Hutchison Hall Hutchison Hall
Sandoval, Juan
- Graduate Student ('16)
- McCamant Group
- jsandov4@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6482
- B28 Hutchison Hall
Saseendran Anitha, Abhijith
- Graduate Student ('19)
- Fasan Group
- asaseend@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6761
- 411 Hutchison Hall
Schreiber, Eric
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Matson Group
- eschrei4@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-8767
- B50 Hutchison Hall
Schröder, Wolf-Udo
- Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Physics
- w.udo.schroeder@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8263
- 466 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Dynamics of Complex Nuclear Reactions at intermediate and high energies
Shelton, Jacob
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('17)
- Knowles Group
- jshelto4@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3984
- 200-1 Hutchison Hall
Shestopalov, Alexander
he/him/his
- Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
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
Simolo, Ken
he/him/his
- Assistant Chair for Administration
- simolo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4256
- 404A Hutchison Hall
Smith, Barbara
she/her/hers
- Accounting Bookkeeper
- bsmith86@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8277
- 408 Hutchison Hall
Snaith, Barbara
she/her/hers
- Administrative Assistant to the Chair
- bsnaith@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6960
- 404B Hutchison Hall
Stanford, Courtney
- Assistant Professor of Teaching
- courtney.stanford@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4988
- 112A Hutchison Hall
Interests: Chemistry Education, Lab Development, Active Learning Pedagogy
Swarup, Prakhar
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Huo Group
- pswarup@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-8358
- 431 Hutchison Hall
T
Tang, Ching W.
- Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
- ching.tang@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3552
- 4003 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
Thorarinsdottir, Agnes E.
she/her/hers
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- agnes.thorarinsdottir@rochester.edu
- B32 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Inorganic chemistry; Materials chemistry; Electrochemistry; Stimuli-responsive molecules and materials; Catalysis; Clean energy
Tumiel, Trevor
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('17)
- Krauss Group
- ttumiel@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0215
- 201A Hutchison Hall
Turner, Douglas H.
- Professor Emeritus 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
V
Vaith, Jakub
he/him/his
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Paradine Group
- jvaith4@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-2141
- 421 Hutchison Hall
Villada Morales, Juan David
- Graduate Student ('21)
- Neidig Group
- jvillada@ur.rochester.edu
- Hutchison Hall
W
Wellawatte, Geemi Piyathma
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('18)
- White Group
- gwellawa@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7395
- 4001 Wegmans Hall
Wheeler, Doris
- Business Office Manager and Senior Accountant
- doris.wheeler@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8255
- 410 Hutchison Hall
White, Andrew
he/him/his
- Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- andrew.white@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7395
- 4001 Wegmans Hall
Y
Yanchik, Francine Elizabeth
she/her/hers
- Graduate Student ('18)
- Nilsson Group
- fyanchik@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2007
- 413 Hutchison Hall
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