Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Programs:  W.P. Huskey, Room 232, Olson Laboratories (973-353-5741)

Coordinator of Graduate Programs:  Piotr Piotrowiak, Room 201D, Life Science Center (973-353-5318)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Professors:

Stan S. Hall, FAS-N; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synthetic methods; total synthesis; tandem reactions; (h3-allyl) palladium chemistry

Frank Jordan, FAS-N; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Bioorganic chemistry; enzyme mechanisms; protein NMR

Roger A. Lalancette, FAS-N; Ph.D., Fordham
X-ray diffraction and the structure of solids; synthesis and characterization of nitrogen and sulfur complexes; hydrogen bonding in keto-carboxylic acids

Richard Mendelsohn, FAS-N; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biophysical chemistry; lipid-protein interactions in biological membranes; phospholipid phase transitions; development of new FT-IR experiments; biomedical applications of FT-IR

Daniel E. Murnick, FAS-N; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laser spectroscopy and applied physics

Piotr Piotrowiak, FAS-N; Ph.D., Chicago
Photoinduced charge and excitation transfer; excited-state dynamics; transient laser spectroscopy; electrolyte dynamics

James M. Schlegel, FAS-N; Ph.D., Iowa State
Electroanalytical chemistry; kinetics and mechanism of electrode reactions

Hugh W. Thompson, FAS-N; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mechanisms and stereochemical courses of organic reactions; compounds of unusual symmetry and stereochemistry; impacted-orbital systems; solid-state H-bonding patterns

Associate Professors:

Elena Galoppini, FAS-N; Ph.D., Chicago
Synthesis and properties of novel hydrocarbon cage compounds and rigid, extended 3-D organic networks

W. Phillip Huskey, FAS-N; Ph.D., Kansas
Physical organic chemistry; mechanistic enzymology; isotope effects

Frieder Jäkle, FAS-N; Ph.D., Technical University of Munich

Inorganic polymer chemistry

Susanne Raynor, FAS-N; Ph.D., Georgetown
Quantum mechanics of molecular solids and clusters; collision dynamics

John B. Sheridan, FAS-N; Ph.D., Bristol (England)
Transition-metal organometallic chemistry; synthesis, structure, and mechanism; applications to organic synthesis

Assistant Professors:

Huixin He, FAS-N; Ph.D., Beijing (China)
Molecular electronics; scanning-probe microscopy

Charalampos Kalodimos, FAS-N; Ph.D., Ioannina (Greece) and Curie Institute (France)
Protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions; biomolecular NMR spectroscopy

Professors Emeriti:

Ernst U. Monse, FAS-N; Ph.D., Max Planck Institute (Mainz, Germany)
Isotope effects and their applications to theoretical chemistry

Gilbert S. Panson, FAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
Molecular interactions in liquids; hydrogen bonding; mechanisms of aryl
substitution in nonpolar media