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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Thomas Maimone in lab setting

Dept of Chemistry

organic synthesis, total synthesis, natural products chemistry, catalysis, synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, drug discovery

Robert G. Bergman

Dept of Chemistry

organic and inorganic chemistry: synthesis and reaction mechanisms, organotransition metal compounds, homogeneous catalysis

John F. Hartwig

John F. Hartwig

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, catalysis, organic chemistry

Dean Toste

Dept of Chemistry

organometallic chemistry, organic, development of new synthetic methods, enantioselective catalysts, strategies for the synthesis of natural products, synthesis of complex molecules, formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds, olefins, Supramolecular Chemistry, redox flow batteries, medicinal chemistry, bioconjugation, homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, biomass, fluorination

Alanna Schepartz

Alanna Schepartz

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

chemical biology, synthetic biology, organic chemistry, biophysics

Richmond Sarpong

Richmond Sarpong

Dept of Chemistry

organic and organometallic chemistry

Felix Raoul Fischer

Felix Raoul Fischer

Dept of Chemistry

Organic and Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Molecular Electronics, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Graphene Nanomaterials

Omar Yaghi in lab

Dept of Chemistry

Reticular Chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, Carbon Capture, gas storage systems, water harvesting from desert air

Zakaria Al Balushi

Zakaria Al Balushi

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

electronics, magnetic and optical materials, quantum materials synthesis, optoelectronics

Brooks Abel

Dept of Chemistry

Polymer Chemistry, organic chemistry, stereoselective catalysis, polymer recycling

Jamie H. D. Cate

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

protein synthesis by the ribosome, RNA, antibiotics, human translation, escherichia coli

Jeffrey R. Long

Jeffrey R. Long

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic and materials chemistry, synthesis of inorganic molecules and higher dimensional solids, precise tailoring of chemical and physical properties, gas storage, molecular separations and catalysis in porous materials, magnetic and conductive materials

Matthew B. Francis

Matthew B. Francis

Dept of Chemistry

materials chemistry, drug delivery, organic chemistry, Protein modification, artificial photosynthesis, water purification

Daniel Stolper in lab setting

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

biogeochemistry, earth history, geobiology, global climate studies, organic geochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

amino acids, determinants of protein structure and folding, biophysical, structural and computational techniques, translocation, protein synthesis

Kristin Persson holding molecule model

Kristin Persson

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

Lithium-ion Batteries, multivalent batteries, organic electrolytes, polar materials, datamining of materials properties for energy applications

Sarah Chasins in Stanley Hall

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

programming systems, human-computer interaction, programming languages, programming languages and compilers, program synthesis, data science

Dept of Chemistry

synthetic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, actinide, rare earth catalysis

Jay D. Keasling

Jay D. Keasling

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

surface and interfacial science and engineering, nanotechnology, harsh-environment sensors, silicon carbide, green construction, biologically-inspired materials synthesis

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

program analysis, program synthesis, database application performance, big systems, big data, database management, database management systems, database design and construction, programming languages and compilers, programming languages

Dept of Chemistry

chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, diabetes, protein phosphorylation, fundamental signal transduction pathways in cells and whole organisms, kinase, drug development, asthma, multiple forms of cancer, neurological disorders, drug addiction

Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

Dept of Physics

Atomic-scale synthesis of complex oxide heterostructures, 2D materials, spin-charge coupling, polar and magnetic topologies, electron microscopy, piezoforce microscopy, NV magnetometry, materials processing for devices, energy efficient electronics(12634)

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

biogeochemistry, iron reduction, metals and contaminants, soil aggregates, selenium kinetics of organic matter degradation, nitrate reduction, soil and environmental biogeophysics, biogeochemical cycles, fate and transport of nutrients, sulfate reduction, wetland soils, littoral sediments, spatial variation in biogeochemical processes