Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Programs: Frank Jordan, Room 232, Olson Laboratories (973-353-5470)
Coordinator of Graduate Programs: Piotr Piotrowiak, Room 201D, Life Science Center (973-353-5318)
Website:
http://chemistry.rutgers.edu/grad/graduate-prog
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Professors:
Elena Galoppini, FAS-N; Ph.D., Chicago
Synthesis and properties of novel hydrocarbon cage compounds and rigid, extended 3-D organic networks
Frieder Jakle, FAS-N; Ph.D., Technical University of Munich
Inorganic polymer 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
Associate Professors:
Huixin He, FAS-N; Ph.D., Beijing
Molecular electronics; scanning-probe microscopy
W. Phillip Huskey, FAS-N; Ph.D., Kansas
Physical organic chemistry; mechanistic enzymology; isotope effects
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:
Darren B. Hansen, FAS-N; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Biochemistry of secondary metabolite biosynthesis
Jenny V. Lockard, FAS-N; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Exploring molecular excited state geometry changes and structure/function relationships in photoactive coordination complexes and materials
Professors Emeriti:
Stan S. Hall, FAS-N; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synthetic methods; total synthesis; tandem reactions; (h3-allyl) palladium
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
